After less than two hours: Trump doesn’t give a damn about the G20 and goes golfing

Saturday 21 November 2020

Under the leadership of Saudi Arabia, the G20 countries meet in a video conference this weekend. The main topic is the fight against the corona pandemic. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, also participates. In reality. Because he tweets to the side first, then he goes golfing.

Current US President Donald Trump left the G20 summit prematurely and went to one of its golf courses. After less than two hours on the video line of heads of state and government, Trump left the White House to join his golf club in neighboring Virginia, accompanying reporters reported. In the first hour of the summit, Trump posted several messages on other topics on Twitter.

According to information from the German news agency, Trump was temporarily represented by Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin and his economic adviser Larry Kudlow. At previous G20 summits, finance ministers spoke more often for their leaders, for example during bilateral talks parallel to the meetings.

When Trump is in Washington on the weekend, he often takes day trips to his golf club in Sterling on the Potomac River. Trump wanted to participate in the G20 video circuit again on Sunday according to the White House calendar.

More tweets on alleged “election fraud”

Simultaneously at the start of the summit, Trump spoke with several tweets about alleged election fraud in the United States. Among other things, he wrote of “massive and unprecedented election fraud”. Twitter immediately warned the news that the allegations were “controversial”. Trump has so far provided no concrete evidence for his allegations and has already lost several trials on the matter.

Trump wrote on Twitter, among other things, that his son Donald Trump Junior is “very well”. According to the media, this was infected with the corona virus. However, it is said to have no symptoms so far.

The two-day G20 summit, hosted by the host Saudi Arabia, ends on Sunday. Together, G20 members account for over 85% of global economic output and two thirds of the world population.