U.S. to boycott G20 summit in South Africa over Trump’s claims of white farmer “abuses”

The United States will officially boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, escalating a diplomatic dispute by reiterating his controversial claims about the treatment of white farmers in the country and calling the choice of host “a complete disgrace.”

In a post on his social media platform, Trump declared that no U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance who was scheduled to…