South Africa Rips 'Vindictive' Trump For 'Misinformation' Amid G20 Spat
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office hit back after Trump barred the country from next year's summit at his Florida golf club.
South Africa hit back at President Donald Trump for spreading “misinformation” after Trump said the country would not be allowed to attend the G20 summit next year at his golf club in Doral, Florida.
The president said Wednesday in a Truth Social post that he has barred South Africa from the gathering of the world’s largest economies because the country’s government is persecuting white farmers.
It’s an assertion that officials in South Africa, which has long been plagued by racial apartheid, have said is false when repeatedly criticized by Trump.
Following Trump’s announcement, a statement from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office once more fought back against the widely rejected claims that white Afrikaner farmers are being killed and having their land taken away.
“It is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the US, President Trump continues to be vindictive and seek to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country,” the statement read.
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