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Economist slams G20 snub as a ‘tantrum’
Saturday Star
|November 22, 2025
WORLD-RENOWNED American economist and public policy expert, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, delivered a critique of United States President Donald Trump on Thursday, describing his initial decision to boycott the G20 Summit in South Africa as the result of a "tantrum" and a "four-yearold mentality".
The remarks, delivered during the University of South Africa's (UNISA) 2025 Founder's Lecture in Pretoria on Thursday, provided a pointed analysis of fading Western dominance and the geopolitical context surrounding the anticipated summit in Johannesburg.
Professor Sachs, widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of the modern era, slammed US President Donald Trump's snubbing of the G20 Summit.
Addressing the question of why Mr Trump was not attending the event, Sachs stated: "because he has a four-year-old mentality and he is having a tantrum". Sachs elaborated on the nature of this tantrum: "What is the tantrum? That the rest of the world is saying 'We don't want a king'. He would come here as just one of 20 or 21 leaders. And he doesn't want that, so he is having tantrum".
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