President\u00a0Donald Trump said on Tuesday he might skip the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in South Africa in November and send someone else to represent the United States, citing his disapproval of South African policies.<\/p>\n
“I think maybe I’ll send somebody else because I’ve had a lot of problems with South Africa. They have some very bad policies,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n
Trump has taken issue with South African domestic and foreign policies – ranging from its\u00a0land policy\u00a0to its\u00a0case accusing Israel\u00a0of genocide in\u00a0the U.S. ally’s war in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Trump\u00a0signed an executive order\u00a0in February to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa. In May, Trump\u00a0confronted\u00a0South African President\u00a0Cyril Ramaphosa\u00a0with false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a White House meeting.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00a0also boycotted\u00a0a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in South Africa, which has the G20 presidency from December 2024 to November 2025.<\/p>\n
Washington, both under Trump and former President\u00a0Joe Biden, has complained about the case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice, where it accused Israel of genocide over its military assault in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Israel’s assault has killed tens of thousands, caused a\u00a0hunger crisis, internally\u00a0displaced Gaza’s entire population, and also led to accusations of\u00a0war crimes\u00a0at the International Criminal Court. Israel\u00a0denies the accusations\u00a0and casts its Gaza offensive as self-defense after a deadly\u00a0October 2023 Hamas attack\u00a0that killed 1,200 people and in which over 250 were taken hostage.<\/p>\n
Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and South Africa have also been strained under Trump due to South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies to address the legacy of centuries of racial inequality.<\/p>\n
Ramaphosa, who has urged Trump to attend the G20 summit, rejects Washington’s claims that South Africa will use its land policy to arbitrarily confiscate white-owned land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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