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'They're taking the land of white farmers and killing them': Trump threatens no-show at G20 in SA

'They're taking the land of white farmers and killing them': Trump threatens no-show at G20 in SA

Executive Summary

US President Donald Trump has threatened to skip the G20 Leaders' Summit in South Africa later this year, citing alleged land confiscation and genocide against white farmers as key reasons. He voiced these concerns on Truth Social, amid strained bilateral ties stemming from South Africa's ICJ case against Israel, its stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, the Expropriation Bill, a 17% cut to PEPFAR funding, and US offers of refugee status to white Afrikaners. This boycott threat underscores escalating tensions and could disrupt multilateral diplomacy at the summit.