Trump Bars South Africa from 2026 G20 Summit, Alleges 'White Genocide'

President Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to the 2026 G20 Leaders' Summit in Miami, threatening to stop all U.S. payments and subsidies to the country. Trump accused the South African government of 'killing white people' and allowing their farms to be taken, repeating long-debunked claims of a 'white genocide' against Afrikaners that have been consistently refuted by international fact-checkers, including Africa Check, PolitiFact, and the South African Institute of Race Relations. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected the allegations as 'baseless' and from 'fringe groups,' calling Trump's claims 'misinformation.' Trump also announced that no U.S. officials would attend South Africa's G20 summit, reversing an earlier plan to send Vice President JD Vance. This marks a continuation of Trump's promotion of this conspiracy theory, which he first amplified in 2018 based on a Fox News segment.

"They are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them." — Statement made by Trump when announcing South Africa's exclusion from the G20 summit and threatening to cut U.S. subsidies