President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving Aberdeen, Scotland, on Tuesday en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
In May, Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House with news clippings and a video allegedly showing grave treatment of White farmers.
Trump shows pictures as he meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. Ramaphosa met Trump amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners who Trump claims are the victims of "genocide." (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio already boycotted a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in South Africa earlier this year over the government's controversial land seizure policy.
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Both the Trump and former Biden administrations have also criticized South Africa after the nation accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and brought a case to the International Court of Justice.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.
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