Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would not attend the G-20 summit in South Africa from February 20-21, accusing the host government of being an “anti-American” agenda.
“We will not attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg. South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriation of private property. We will use the G20 to promote “solidarity, equality, sustainability.” In other words, DEI and climate change. My job is not to coddle waste taxpayer money or anti-Americanism, but to move forward with the American national interests,” Rubio said in a post on X.
Rubio's announcement comes two days after President Donald Trump hit South Africa on land reform aimed at rectifying inequality during the apartheid era.
Trump has pledged to stop all future funds for South Africa
Trump pledged on Sunday to stop all future funding on his true social platform, saying, “South Africa is confiscating land and treating a certain class of people very badly.”
In South Africa, Trump wrote, without giving details or providing evidence, “at least there's been a massive human rights violation for everyone.”
Day, or diversity, equity and inclusion, has been ruthlessly attacked by Trump since returning to the White House last month.
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“My job is not to coddle waste taxpayer money or anti-Americanism, but to move forward with the national interests of the US.”
Earlier this week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected Trump's claim that South Africa was “confiscating” land and said he was ready to explain his government's land reform policy to his US counterparts. I said.
According to the Associated Press, Ramaphosa spoke with top Trump ally Elon Musk, raising concerns that “disinformation” is spreading by the US president.
Land ownership is a controversial issue in South Africa, with most farmland still being owned by white people 30 years after the end of apartheid. The government is under pressure to implement reforms.
During the apartheid era, land was taken from the majority of black people in South Africa and forced to live in areas designated only for black people. The law, according to the government, has been debated and considered for years, for correct historical mistakes, over the years, the AP reported.
