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President Lula slams Trump over U.S. rejection of South Africa at the G20 summit

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that US President Donald Trump had no right to bar South African President Cyril Ramaphosa from attending the G20 summit.

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00:00The Brazilian President Luis Lula da Silva said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump has no right to
00:07bar South African President Cyril Ramaphosa from attending the G20 summit.
00:12Lula, furthermore, told Ramaphosa to attend the meeting.
00:17First, I told South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week that the U.S. has no right to bar a
00:26founding member of the G20 from participating in the G20.
00:31Well, I told Ramaphosa that he must attend the G20. He must attend. He can't not go just because Trump
00:41said he wouldn't.
00:41He should go today. And he is a founding member.
00:58So, there is no justification for the world to spend 2.7 trillion dollars on armed conflicts when there are
01:06630 million people starving worldwide,
01:09when there are millions of vulnerable people crossing national borders, seeking a better life,
01:15when you have millions of people who don't have clean water to drink,
01:19when you have millions of people who don't have schools to attend.
01:23In other words, wouldn't it be better for the world leaders who control the arms industry
01:29rather than the identity politics of this world to think a little about peace instead of war?
01:40Trump has targeted South Africa and cut all financial assistance after accusing the government
01:44of allowing a white genocide against a white African minority group claiming they were being racially targeted and killed.
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