Trump made the statement on his social media platform stating “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa.”

Trump called it a "disgrace" that the meeting is being held in a place where Afrikaners are being slaughtered and killed, and where their land and farms are being confiscated.

He cited alleged abuses against white Afrikaner farmers, including violence, deaths, and the confiscation of their land, emphasising that concerns over their treatment were the reason for the US boycott.

Powerful G20 nations are pushing back on efforts to promote global access for health at this month's summit in South Africa, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Friday, calling the move disappointing.

With Africa’s standing in global decision-making rising, policymakers, senior government leaders, central bank officials, economists and development partners from across West Africa met in Dakar on October 30-31, 2025, for the G20 Conference in West Africa: Empowering Africa’s Voice Within the G20.

On Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received the G20 Extraordinary Committee Report on Global Inequality from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, and four other leading global experts of the committee at a ceremony in Cape Town.