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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) that helium is barring South Africa from participating successful the Group of 20 acme adjacent twelvemonth successful Miami and volition “stop each payments and subsidies” to the state implicit its attraction of a US authorities typical astatine this year’s planetary meeting.
Mr. Trump chose not to person an American delegation be the caller acme hosted by South Africa, saying helium did truthful due to the fact that achromatic Afrikaners were being violently persecuted — a assertion that South Africa, which was mired for decades successful radical apartheid, has rejected arsenic baseless.
The Group of 20 leaders adopted a declaration connected Saturday (November 22, 2025) successful addressing the clime situation and different planetary challenges contempt U.S. objections, prompting the White House to impeach South Africa of weaponising its enactment of the radical this year.
“At the decision of the G20, South Africa refused to manus disconnected the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony,” Mr. Trump said successful a station connected Truth Social.
“Therefore, astatine my direction, South Africa volition NOT beryllium receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which volition beryllium hosted successful the Great City of Miami, Florida adjacent year,” helium said.
