US President Donald Trump has escalated his public feud with South Africa, declaring that the country will be barred from attending the 2026 G20 Leaders' Summit in Miami, a dramatic announcement made barely days after Johannesburg successfully hosted the 2025 gathering.
Although South Africa is one of the founding members of the G20, Trump once again took aim at Pretoria in a late-night social media post, reviving his disproven claims about white genocide and questioning why SA holds a seat in the global economic forum. He went a step further by threatening to cut all payments and subsidies to the country.
At my direction, South Africa will not be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year, Trump wrote on Truth Social.