Trump announces Miami will officially host the G20 summit – where he’ll entertain world leaders at his Doral golf club
President Donald Trump announced Friday that next year’s G20 summit will be held in Miami, Florida, at his Trump National Doral Golf Club.
‘Yes, it’s going to be at Doral,’ Trump confirmed, after first simply saying the gathering would be held in Miami.
The president had floated a Doral G20 during his first term, but the plan never came to fruition.
The United States is slated to host the meeting of the world’s greatest economies next year, with the summit scheduled to take place in December 2026.
‘Well, I think everybody wants it there because it’s right next to the airport. It’s the best location. It’s beautiful, beautiful everything,’ Trump stated.
‘They actually requested that we do that because the location is the best,’ the president also claimed.
‘And we will not make any money on it,’ the president pledged. ‘We’re doing a deal where it’s not going to be money, there’s no money in it, I just want it to go well.’
The president said that each world leader would be treated to a separate building at his golf club.
President Donald Trump (left) made it official on Friday – he would be hosting the 2026 G20 leaders summit in Miami, Florida. He made the announcement alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (center) and Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez (right)
President Donald Trump confirmed that the gathering of world leaders would be held at his Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, located close to Miami’s international airport
He’s used Doral for several political events over the years, including fundraisers and a large-scale rally.
The president said he already invited the leader of Poland, President Karol Nawrocki, who visited the White House on Wednesday and received a military flyover as a greeting.
Trump made the announcement alongside Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez, who ran against the president in the 2024 GOP primary.
Suarez was the first candidate to drop out.
Trump ribbed Suarez briefly in the Oval Office over his short-lived presidential campaign.
‘I want to thank Francis for being here. I thought he might be in this office. You know, he almost got there, just a couple of votes, couple of votes, right? It’s not as easy as they think,’ Trump teased.
Suarez said the region had already started making preparations for the G20, including that the dates didn’t coincide with Miami’s big December art event, Art Basel.
Last year, President Joe Biden attended the G20 on behalf of the United States in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, just days after Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris was defeated by Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump reiterated that he won’t be attending this year’s G20 summit, which is being hosted by South Africa.
President Donald Trump teased Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez, who briefly ran against the president during the 2024 GOP primary – dropping out first
‘I won’t be going this year, it’s in South Africa, I won’t be going,’ he said.
Trump said Vice President J.D. Vance would be going in his stead.
The president had an explosive meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in May, publicly shaming him for a purported ‘white genocide’ in the Oval Office.
It was almost as contentious as Trump’s late February meeting in the Oval with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump’s relationship with Zelensky has improved, as he continues to try and work out an ending to the Ukraine war with Russia.
In the Oval on Friday, Trump was also asked if he planned to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 2026 G20 summit.
‘That’s interesting. I haven’t thought of that,’ he said of extending Putin an invite. ‘No, I haven’t thought of that, that’s an interesting question, I’m going to think about that for a little while.’
