US President Donald Trump has said he will not attend the G20 Summit to be held in South Africa later this month, questioning the country’s membership in the grouping of major economies.

South Africa, which assumed the year-long G20 Presidency December 1, 2024, will host the Summit in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23, the first time the meeting of G20 leaders will be held on African soil.

“I am not going. We have a G20 meeting in South Africa. South Africa shouldn’t even be in the Gs anymore because what’s happened there is bad. I’m not going. I told them I’m not going. I’m not going to represent our country there. It shouldn’t be there,” Trump said while addressing the America Business Forum Miami in Florida Wednesday.

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