Donald Trump has announced that no American government officials will attend the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, accusing the country of persecuting white Afrikaner farmers, a claim long dismissed as “baseless" by Pretoria.

Trump had earlier said Vice President JD Vance would represent Washington at the annual gathering of the world’s leading and emerging economies later this month.

However, according to The Associated Press, a person familiar with Vance’s plans confirmed that the Vice President would no longer travel to South Africa.

“It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, citing what he called “abuses" against Afrikaners, including violence, deaths, and confiscation of land and farms.

“Afrikaners (People who a

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