US President on Friday announced that the 2026 summit will be held in his country, despite giving up on a similar plan during his first term.
“As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary next year, the United States will have the honor of hosting … the G20 summit right here in America for the first time in nearly 20 years,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump plans to host G7 at his own golf resort again
Trump noted that he will host the summit at one of his properties, the Doral golf resort, in southern Florida.
“Everybody wants it there because it’s right next to the airport, it’s the best location, it’s beautiful,” said Trump.
During his first term, .
after coming under fire from critics who said he sought to personally profit from his presidency.
“There’s no money in it,” Trump said Friday, but he added, “We want to make sure it’s good.”
Trump says Putin, Xi welcome to attend
Trump also said he would be open to having Russian President and Chinese President at the 2026 G20 summit.
“I would love them to, if they want to,” said the US president.
However, he added that Putin and Xi would be “observers, and I’m not sure if they’d want to come as observers.”
Both Russia and China are G20 members. In 2024, , but Putin opted to join via video link.
The issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March 2023. Brazil, as a member, is obliged to arrest Putin if he enters the country.
The United States is not a member of the ICC.
Trump to skip this year’s G20 summit
This year’s summit is scheduled to take place .
The US president confirmed he will not attend the meeting of world leaders in South Africa.
Instead, Vice President will go in Trump’s place.
“I won’t be going, JD will be going. Great vice president, and he looks forward to it,” Trump told reporters.
Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko
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