Donald Trump persists and signs. Convinced that a “genocide” against the Whites is underway in South Africa, the head of state announced that Pretoria would not be invited to the G20 summit scheduled for 2026 in Miami. An unprecedented decision, which marks a new turning point in the diplomatic offensive led by Washington against the South African government. On his Truth Social network, the White House tenant accused South Africa of having “showed the world that it was not a country worthy of membership in anything”repeating his accusations already made in recent months about an alleged murderous persecution of white farmers.
The American president had already boycotted the G20 summit which just ended in Johannesburg, organized without any official American participation. Tension rose further when the South African head of state, Cyril Ramaphosa, refused to formally hand over the rotating presidency of the G20 to the United States, as is diplomatic practice.
A G20 under the shadow of controversies
Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has increased his attacks against Pretoria. Last May, during a meeting in Washington, he extended a “ambush” to Cyril Ramaphosa by showing him a video riddled with errors supposed to support his accusations of “genocide” against the Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers.
In any case, the situation of white farmers is a hot topic in South Africa. Each year, several deadly attacks on farms are recorded, in a tense political context, 35 years after the end of apartheid. In addition, the Trump administration denounces a law promulgated in January by Cyril Ramaphosa, which according to him provides for“expropriate land in the public interest for various reasons aimed, among other things, at promoting inclusiveness and access to natural resources”. If they are not named, it is white farmers who are targeted by this reform, according to its detractors.
The government in Pretoria categorically rejects these allegations and denounces manipulation intended to fuel racial tensions. The next G20 summit is due to be held in December 2026 in “Trump National Doral Miami”a golf resort owned by the family of the American president. The exclusion of South Africa, a full member of the group of the world’s top twenty economies, is already raising fears of a profound challenge to the format and its consensual functioning.
