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Donald Trump takes his electoral battle to the G20 summit. “I look forward to working with you for a long time,” he told leaders gathered by teleconference under the Saudi presidency, speaking of an “extraordinary decade” on the horizon and continuing his campaign of denial about the result of the 3 elections. November. The US president participated in only one of the two virtual events scheduled on the first day of work: the circulated images showed him distracted, with his head down and his gaze fixed on an object on his desk, probably his mobile phone. During the nine-minute introductory speech by the King of Saudi Arabia Salman, all focused on the Covid emergency, another twitter about “rigged” elections appeared from Trump’s Twitter account: “We will show fraud, extensive and unprecedented.” . When it was his turn to speak, Trump praised his America and stressed that under his leadership the world has become more secure, with a strengthened NATO, Isis defeated and the battle against terrorism continues to tighten. Instead, on the pandemic, at the center of the discussions, the president reiterated his skepticism about the lockdowns and once again underscored the success of ‘Operation Warp Speed’ on vaccines, citing Pfizer and Moderna. But there is no mention of the need to share and facilitate access to vaccines for the poorest countries, an issue other leaders have grappled with instead. Starting with King Salman, who spoke of the need to work together to ensure equal access to the vaccine for all. After his speech, and while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was speaking, Trump was saying goodbye, leaving his post to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to go play golf. The last international forum scheduled for his administration could have been an opportunity for Trump to say goodbye to the other heads of state and government. This was not the case.
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