Trump blocks South Africa from 2026 G20 summit for alleged ‘horrific human rights abuses’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would not invite South Africa to the 2026 G-20 summit in Florida, citing alleged “horrific human rights abuses.”
“To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them,” Trump alleged in a Truth Social post. “At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G-20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year,” he added.
The Embassy of South Africa did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The move breaks with more than two decades of precedent and would mark the first time a member has been formally excluded from the gathering of the world’s major economies.
The G-20, which brings together major advanced and emerging economies and accounts for roughly 80% of global GDP and two-thirds of the world’s population, has historically operated on the principle of inclusion.
That tradition was already strained after the U.S. boycott of the 2025 meeting held in Johannesburg earlier in November.
Trump also said in the same Truth Social post that he would halt U.S. payments to South Africa.
“South Africa has demonstrated to the world they are not a country worthy of membership anywhere and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately,” Trump wrote.
The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for further details.
It remains unclear how the move will affect the country’s standing within the G-20 or broader U.S.–South Africa relations ahead of the 2026 summit in Florida.
Relations between Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have steadily deteriorated in recent months.
In February, Trump suspended U.S. aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against White farmers. Tensions escalated again in March when the State Department expelled the South African ambassador, labeling him “persona non grata.”
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