Germany says Trump should invite South Africa to G20 summit

Germany said on Thursday that it would seek to persuade Donald Trump to reverse his decision to exclude South Africa from next year's G20 summit in Florida following the U.S. president's false claims that the country mistreated its white minority.



Since taking office for a second time in January, Trump has repeatedly alleged that South Africa's black-majority government persecutes its white population. In May, Trump confronted President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House with widely discredited reports of a genocide of white farmers that has also

been mentioned by Trump's South African-born ally Elon Musk.



Washington boycotted the G20 leaders' meeting in Johannesburg this month, citing "human rights abuses" in South Africa. The group adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges, despite U.S. objections.