23 April 2024,   17:56
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During the G20 online conference, Donald Trump was playing golf - CNN

President Donald Trump participated in his final Group of 20 summit on Saturday by tweeting throughout the opening session and skipping a special side-conference focused on the coronavirus pandemic, writes CNN.


“It was a fitting end to Trump’s career in global multilateralism, which he has expressed his displeasure for since his first group summit - a G7 meeting held cliffside in Sicily - resulted in the feeling he was being ganged up upon by other world leaders.


It was unclear all week whether Trump would even be present for this year"s G20, which is being held virtually because of the pandemic. But on Friday evening, the White House released a schedule confirming his participation.
When the event began, Trump was among the nearly two-dozen world leaders who appeared via video-conference, beaming in from the White House situation room.


But only 13 minutes after the scheduled 8 a.m. ET, start time, Trump was sending tweets focused on his efforts to overturn the results of the US presidential election.

By 10 a.m. ET, the President had departed the White House on his way to his namesake golf club outside Washington, DC.


He was there when the “side event on Pandemic Preparedness” got underway, featuring remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and several other world leaders. Trump did not participate”, - wrote the author.

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