Trump Moves To Bar South Africa From 2026 G20 Summit Over ‘Horrific’ Abuses
President Donald J. Trump is drawing a hard line against South Africa’s ruling establishment, declaring last week that the nation will be barred from attending the 2026 G-20 summit in Miami due to what he called “horrific human rights abuses” — specifically the violent targeting of white farmers.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, the president said the situation can no longer be ignored.
“To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them,” Trump wrote. “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.”
The declaration triggered immediate pushback from South African officials.
Clayson Monyela, head of diplomacy for the nation's Department of International Relations and Cooperation, told Fox News Digital that South Africa cannot simply be disinvited.
“South Africa is a founding member of the G-20. We don’t get invited to G-20 meetings and leaders summit. Those are gatherings of members. If other members allow this then the G-20 will die,” Monyela argued, adding that some nations told Pretoria they might boycott the summit if South Africa is excluded.
If executed, Trump’s directive would represent a historic break from two decades of G-20 practice, where no member nation has ever been formally blocked. But Trump’s critics fail to acknowledge that the G-20’s “tradition of inclusion” has long been used to shield corrupt governments while ignoring brutal internal abuses — especially those occurring in South Africa’s rural farming communities.
Earlier this month, the administration already skipped the 2025 G-20 meeting in Johannesburg. According to Fox, the boycott stemmed from South Africa’s refusal to address escalating farm attacks and its insistence on centering the meeting on climate activism instead of global economic stability.
That boycott marked a significant departure for Washington — and a clear warning shot.
Now, President Trump is following through.
In the same Truth Social post, he announced a freeze on U.S. financial support for 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.”
The move comes after months of deteriorating relations between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Tensions escalated sharply in February when Trump suspended U.S. aid over the nation’s discriminatory policies toward White farmers. Relations worsened further in March when the State Department expelled South Africa’s ambassador, declaring him “persona non grata.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was blunt, writing on X:
“a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS … We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA,”
linking to a Breitbart report detailing the ambassador’s attacks on President Trump.
The diplomat had recently told a Johannesburg audience that Trump was leading a “white supremacist movement around the world,” prompting immediate backlash from U.S. officials.
South Africa’s leadership has also embraced alliances with Iran, Hamas, and other hostile states — further widening the rift with Washington. At a May Oval Office meeting, Ramaphosa dismissed concerns about violence against White Afrikaners, telling Trump he had “seen no evidence,” despite years of documented attacks and global human rights reports.
As the 2026 Miami summit approaches, it remains unclear whether global partners will side with South Africa’s ruling party or with the United States’ demand for accountability. What is clear is that President Trump has placed the world on notice: America will not finance, legitimize, or tolerate nations that persecute their own people and partner with our enemies.