President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he might not attend the G20 summit in South Africa due to the country’s “very bad policies.” “I think maybe I’ll send somebody else because I’ve had a lot of problems with South Africa.

Group of 20 finance officials meet in South Africa from Thursday amid trade tensions, a global economic slowdown and Washington's threat to withdraw from multilateral organisations. President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to leverage Africa's first G20 presidency to promote an African agenda,