G-20

The government of Turkey confirmed Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with President Donald Trump in Japan this weekend as both attend the annual G-20 summit in Osaka. High on the list of discussion topics is Erdogan’s insistence of buying Russian surface-to-air missiles that violate NATO protocol.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Chinese Communist Party leader spent much of Sunday, the day after the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires together, signing billion-dollar trade deals and exchanging gifts.

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President Donald Trump and Argentinian leader Mauricio Macri held a “positive” meeting at the  Friday to discuss solutions to the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela under the Maduro regime. 

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are due to dine together Saturday night. They are the leaders of the two largest economies on the planet, but that is where the similarities end.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, crossed the line from scrutiny of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election into scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy on Wednesday, when he appeared on CNN to blast Trump for a supposed “second meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Hamburg last week.

Several mainstream news media outlets reported Tuesday evening that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second, undisclosed “meeting” at the G-20 summit earlier this month in Hamburg, Germany, attended only by Putin’s translator.

John Podesta launched a furious series of tweets after President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday morning from the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany: “Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!”

California Governor Jerry Brown delivered a video message Thursday to climate change activists gathered in Hamburg, Germany for a summit to coincide with the G-20 meeting, telling them that President Donald Trump does not represent the United States as a whole, at least on climate change.

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Group of 20 leaders’ summit is getting underway Friday in the German port city of Hamburg in the wake of clashes between police and protesters, with terrorism, global trade and climate change among the issues on the agenda.

United States President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming trip to Europe for the G20 summit.

Deleting a reference to financing programs to combat climate change from a draft G20 communique would not have happened if Donald Trump wasn’t President.

As President Trump finished his first 24 hours in office by attending an interfaith prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to seek compromises with the new President on trade and military spending issues.

The next G-20 will either feature Hillary Clinton — and more of the same humility — or Donald Trump and a new American swagger.