{"id":2515089,"date":"2025-11-27T06:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaphosa-accuses-trump-of-making-punitive-decisions-on-misinformation-and-distortions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:39:07","slug":"ramaphosa-accuses-trump-of-making-punitive-decisions-on-misinformation-and-distortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaphosa-accuses-trump-of-making-punitive-decisions-on-misinformation-and-distortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa accuses Trump of making \u2018punitive\u2019 decisions on \u2018misinformation\u2019 and \u2018distortions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Framaphosa-accuses-trump-of-making-punitive-decisions-on-misinformation-and-distortions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa criticized former U.S.President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision too exclude South Africa from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, describing it as a &#8220;regrettable&#8221; and &#8220;punitive&#8221; measure based on misinformation and distortions about the country. Despite repeated efforts by Ramaphosa and his management to improve diplomatic relations, Trump continued these measures, including halting all U.S. payments and subsidies to South Africa. Trump justified his actions by alleging human rights abuses and violence against white farmers in South Africa, accusing the country of failing to address these issues adequately. Ramaphosa&#8217;s administration highlighted the success of the 2025 G20 summit held in Johannesburg and argued that South Africa deserves inclusion in future summits, emphasizing the importance of multilateralism in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-teams-up-with-zelenskyys-wife-on-new-ukraine-project\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton and Zelenskyy&#039;s wife join forces for Ukraine project.\">tackling global challenges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ramaphosa accuses Trump of making &lsquo;punitive&rsquo; decisions on &lsquo;misinformation&rsquo; and &lsquo;distortions&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2415494\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> decision not to invite his country to the 2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/g20\/\">G20<\/a> summit in Miami, Florida, &lsquo;regrettable.&rsquo; He called the decision &ldquo;punitive measures&rdquo; based on a misunderstanding of his country, and said the choice was predicated on &ldquo;misinformation&rdquo; and &ldquo;distortions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the U.S., President Trump continues to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/president-cyril-ramaphosa-notes-us-statement-south-africa%E2%80%99s-g20-participation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for the Ramaphosa administration, in a press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3896698\/midterm-election-warning-signs-stoke-trump-lame-duck-talk\/\">Midterm election warning signs stoke Trump lame-duck talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3900030\/ice-arrest-karoline-leavitt-relative-pervasiveness-visa-overstayers\/\">ICE arrest of Karoline Leavitt&#8217;s relative reveals pervasiveness of visa overstayers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3900902\/indonesia-flooding-kill-49-people-survivor-search\/\">Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indonesia-intensifies-search-for-victims-after-floods-and-landslides-kill-49-people\/\" title=\"Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and landslides kill 49 people\">landslides kill 49 people<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He also touted the success of the 2025 G20 summit, held last week in Johannesburg, South Africa. He said it was &ldquo;hailed&rdquo; by attendees and that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a> deserves to attend next year&rsquo;s summit.&nbsp;The U.S. boycotted this year&rsquo;s summit at the direction of Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders Summit attended by several Heads of State and Goverment, was hailed by all those who attended the summit as one of the most&nbsp;successful summits,&rdquo; Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for the Ramaphosa administration, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/president-cyril-ramaphosa-notes-us-statement-south-africa%E2%80%99s-g20-participation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a press release. &ldquo;The summit produced a declaration that affirmed the indisputable strength and value of multilateralism in response to the most pressing challenges facing the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa&rsquo;s criticisms of Trump come after he announced he was stopping all payments and subsidies to the country due to racial violence and discrimination against white farmers in South Africa. In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115617700844849134\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> to his Truth Social account on Wednesday afternoon, he accused South Africa of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-attending-beijing-olympics-after-tokyo-would-give-propaganda-victory-to-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley: Attending Beijing Olympics After Tokyo Would Give \u2018Propaganda Victory\u2019 To China\">numerous human rights abuses<\/a> and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-disgrace-bob-woodson-says-yale-psychiatrist-who-dreamed-of-killing-white-people-is-infecting-america-with-violence\/\" title=\"\u2018Radical Disgrace\u2019: Bob Woodson Says Yale Psychiatrist Who Dreamed Of Killing White People Is Infecting America With Violence\">killing white people<\/a>&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and allowing their farms and land to be confiscated from them without any consequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3900368\/us-south-africa-g20-trump\/\"><strong>US TO STOP ALL PAYMENTS AND SUBSIDIES TO SOUTH AFRICA, &lsquo;WILL NOT&rsquo; INVITE COUNTRY TO NEXT G20 SUMMIT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers,&rdquo; Trump posted. &ldquo;To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He further blasted the country, claiming it was &ldquo;not a country worthy of membership anywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately,&rdquo; Trump added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramaphosa condemns Trump&#8217;s &#8216;punitive&#8217; G20 decision based on falsehoods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2515090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-hdb9cfzml-1764241834837-e1764241955502.jpg?1764223978&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50738,41443,67788,55793,3634],"class_list":["post-2515089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-misinformation-2","tag-political-accusations","tag-punitive-decisions","tag-ramaphosa","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-hdb9cfzml-1764241834837-e1764241955502.jpg?1764223978&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515093,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515089\/revisions\/2515093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}