Washington: US President Donald Trump confirmed he will not attend the G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa in November, removing another opportunity for him to encounter Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and adding pressure for them to meet this month in the US.

Trump indicated six weeks ago that he might skip the meeting in Johannesburg because he had “a lot of problems with South Africa”, having taken issue with its land policies, actions against Israel and what he claimed, without evidence , was a genocide of white farmers .

On Friday, US time, he confirmed he would not attend and would send Vice President JD Vance instead. “It’s in South Africa, I won’t be going – JD will be going, great vice president, and he looks forward to it,” Trump said.

He announced the US would host next

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