Nov. 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said the United States will not participate in the upcoming G20 conference in South Africa due to that nation's alleged racial policies and killings of Afrikaners.
The G20 is scheduled Nov. 22 and 23 at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, but the president cited the treatment of Dutch, French and German settlers and migrants as a cause for boycotting the event.
"It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday.
"Afrikaners ... are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated," the president said. "No U.S. government official will attend as long as these human rights abuses continue."
Afrikaners have experienced rising hostility from some politicians and others in South Africa, including those who encourage violence and land confiscation.
