Global tensions erupt as the United States boycotts South Africa’s G20 summit following President Trump’s claims about white-genocide—claims international fact-checkers and South African officials call completely false. <br />The diplomatic firestorm intensifies after Trump bans all U.S. officials from attending the summit, sparking outrage in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa hits back, condemning Washington’s “bullying tactics” and warning that global diplomacy cannot be run through threats and walkouts. <br />The situation worsens when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s sharp remarks about Ramaphosa go viral, igniting debates over respect, protocol, and power on the world stage. <br />As AGOA trade risks loom, South Africa leans further toward BRICS, and the world watches the symbolic empty American chair at the Johannesburg G20. <br />Will Washington reverse course—or will this rift deepen into a full-scale diplomatic rupture? <br />KEYWORDS <br />#COP30Fire #COP30Emergency #BelémFire #ClimateSummitEvacuation #COP30Brazil #BlueZoneFire #ClimateTalksInterrupted #BreakingNews #ClimateCrisis #UNClimateSummit #COP30Update #ClimateNegotiations #BelémBrazil #FireAtCOP30 #ClimateFinanceStalemate #FossilFuelPhaseout #UNSummitFire #GlobalClimateTalks #ClimateActionNow #SummitEvacuation<br /><br />~GR.122~HT.408~
