U.S. will not attend G20 in South Africa
It serves as the main forum for international economic cooperation and meets to discuss pressing global issues.President Donald Trump said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country's treatment of white farmers.
Trump had announced he would not attend the annual summit for heads of state from the globe's leading and emerging economies. Vice President JD Vance had been scheduled to attend in Trump's place, but a person familiar with Vance's plans who was granted anonymity to talk about his schedule said Vance would no longer travel there for the summit.
"It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," Trump wrote on Truth Social. He cited "abuses" of Afrikaners, including violence and death as well as confiscation of their land and farms.
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The G20 Johannesburg Summit will be the twentieth meeting of the Group of Twenty, a meeting of heads of state and government planned from 22 to 23 November 2025. It will be the first G20 summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa and on the African continent.




