‘Total disgrace’: Donald Trump boycotts G20 Summit in South Africa over ‘human rights abuse of Afrikaners’

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated.”

Vice President J D Vance was supposed to attend the meeting in Trump’s place. However, an anonymous source familiar with the vice president plans said that he would no longer travel to South Africa, reported The Guardian.

He also said that he looks forward to hosting the 2026 G20 Summit in Florida.

“No U.S. Government Official will attend as long as these Human Rights abuses continue. I look forward to hosting the 2026 G20 in Miami, Florida!,” Trump added.

Trump’s stance on Afrikaners

Trump has long been vocal about the violence against Afrikaners in South Africa, accusing the African government of allowing minority white Afrikaner farmers to be persecuted and attacked.

He termed it is as a “genocide”, a term not used by any major human rights body, international institution, or domestic political party in South Africa, including those representing the white community.

US refugee intake

The US government has limited the number of refugees to 7,500 — which he says will mostly be white South Africans who are facing discrimination at home.

South African government denies claims

The government of South Africa has denied claims of mistreatment, surprised by the accusations since white people in the country generally have a much higher standard of living than its Black residents, more than three decades after the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule, reported The Guardian.

Who are the Afrikaners?

As described by non-profit South African History Online, Afrikaners are descendants of mostly Dutch (34.8%), German (33.7%) and French (13.2%) settlers who arrived in South Africa in the mid-17th century. Over time, this group — also known as Boers (meaning “farmers”) — developed a unique cultural and linguistic identity rooted in the Afrikaans language, closely related to Dutch.