Overview
- The president said he would not "represent our country there," arguing the summit "shouldn’t be there" and that South Africa "shouldn’t even be in the Gs anymore."
- The leaders’ meeting is scheduled for Nov. 22–23 in Johannesburg under South Africa’s G20 presidency.
- Pretoria rejected Trump’s accusations over alleged abuses against white South Africans as "factually incorrect."
- Trump previously said Vice President J.D. Vance would lead the U.S. delegation, and the Kremlin said Vladimir Putin is not expected to attend, with aide Maksim Oreshkin going instead.
- The administration has limited refugee admissions to 7,500 a year with priority for white South Africans and issued an executive order condemning alleged farm seizures.