"At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony. Therefore, 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. 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."
"A statement released by South Africa's presidency said Trump's comments were regrettable. It continued: South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members. South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms. South Africa will never insult or demean another coun"
President Donald Trump announced South Africa will not be invited to G20 events hosted in Miami in 2026 and said Washington will stop all payments and subsidies to the country. He accused South Africa of refusing to hand off the G20 presidency to a U.S. Embassy senior representative and repeated widely discredited claims that white people were being killed. Trump had earlier halted aid in February citing alleged discrimination against white Afrikaners. South African authorities rejected the allegations, noting land expropriation is limited and that high crime affects all citizens. South Africa's presidency called the comments regrettable and affirmed sovereign G20 membership.
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