Trump excludes South Africa from 2026 G20 and cuts all US aid
US President Donald Trump has announced South Africa will be excluded from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami and terminated all American payments and subsidies to the country. The decision follows Trump's accusations about human rights abuses against white South Africans and Pretoria's refusal to transfer G20 presidency to a US embassy representative.
US President Donald Trump has declared that South Africa will be barred from participating in the 2026 G20 summit and will immediately lose all American financial support, escalating a diplomatic confrontation between Washington and Pretoria. The announcement marks a significant deterioration in relations between the two nations.
G20 Exclusion and Aid Termination
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump confirmed that South Africa "will not be receiving an invitation" to the 2026 G20 gathering scheduled for Miami, Florida. The president simultaneously announced a complete cessation of "all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately." Trump justified these measures by citing South Africa's refusal to transfer the G20 presidency to a senior US Embassy representative, characterizing the African nation as unworthy of international forum membership.
Controversial Human Rights Allegations
The American president further defended his decision by repeating controversial claims about human rights conditions in South Africa, accusing the government of refusing "to acknowledge or address the horrific human right abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers." Trump asserted without evidence that the South African government is "killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them." South African authorities have consistently rejected these allegations as factually inaccurate.
Broader Diplomatic Context
The exclusion from the G20 and aid cutoff represents the latest escalation in tensions that began with Trump's Executive Order 14204 in February 2025, which directed federal agencies to facilitate resettlement of white South African Afrikaners described as victims of racial discrimination. Diplomatic relations have further been strained by South Africa's 2023 case against Israel at the International Court of Justice regarding Gaza, creating a multi-faceted dispute between Washington and Pretoria.
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