Overview
- Trump confirmed that no U.S. government officials will attend the Nov. 22–23 G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, canceling plans for Vice President JD Vance to represent Washington.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa said the gathering will go ahead and called the U.S. absence "their loss," as South Africa prepares to host the G20 in Africa for the first time.
- Argentine media report that President Javier Milei will skip the summit and send Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and G20 negotiator Federico Pinedo, though Pretoria says it has not received formal confirmation.
- More than 40 prominent Afrikaners publicly rejected being portrayed as victims, and South African officials note that farm murders are a small share of the country’s violent crime and not evidence of a race-based campaign.
- U.S. officials signal plans to narrow the G20 to its "financial core," with recent walkouts at South Africa’s climate and health working groups and a 2026 Miami summit framed as focusing on finance and growth.