
KEY POINTS
- Trump announced a full U.S. boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa due to alleged discrimination of white citizens.
- The move marks the first total G20 withdrawal by a major nation.
- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa denied Trump's claims as false.
The United States will not send any government officials to this year's G20 summit in Johannesburg, President Donald Trump announced on Friday, escalating his criticism of South Africa over what he called 'widespread discrimination and violence' against white citizens.