Trump at the G20: he tweeted and went to the golf course

From: Johan edgar

Published: November 22, 2020 kl. 00.46

Even before world leaders Donald Trump did not seem to see the election lost.

– I hope to work with you for a long time, he said during the G20 meeting.

Then he went to the golf course when the others discussed the pandemic.

This weekend’s G20 summit, with 19 of the world’s major economies and the EU represented, was scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia. But due to the pandemic, heads of government are participating digitally.

The video conference began at 8 a.m. Saturday morning Washington local time. In his keynote address, Donald Trump spoke about the successful US economy and military and that his administration’s Operation Warp Speed ​​was behind the first successful vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, according to Observer.

However, Pfizer decided not to receive funding from Operation Warp Speed, but has developed its own vaccine.

Tweeted about voter fraud

According to the audio recordings of the meeting, Trump also said “It has been a great honor working with you and I look forward to working with you for a long time,” according to Observer.

At the same time, the president continued to tweet that a “major voter fraud” will be discovered in Michigan and that “information on major electoral fraud is on the way” regarding Georgia and urged his supporters to keep track.

Donald Trump also had time to thank all the good wishes for his crown-infected son Donald Jr. during the short time he was in attendance from the White House Situation Room.

The president’s statements contrasted sharply with those of other heads of government such as the French Macron and the German Merkel.

– He highlighted his speech. Everyone else was talking about global issues around life and death, a source tells the Observer.

Several leaders mentioned the WHO and its global partner organization ACT Accelerator, whose goal is to accelerate the development and distribution of vaccines and treatments – and to make sure that everything is distributed equally around the world.

Some also reflected on how countries did not help each other during the early stages of the crown crisis. Donald Trump said nothing about it, but said the United States must ensure that the country’s own needs are met before engaging in vaccines for the rest of the world.

Photo: Yves Herman / TT NEWS AGENCY

World leaders met during today’s G20 digital gathering.

Quickly taken to the golf course

At 10 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, the President of the White House went golfing at the Trump National Golf Course in Virginia. At the same time, the G20 meeting continued with a side event on pandemic preparedness and response.

Among others, the French Marcron, the German Merkel, the Italian Conte and the South Korean Jae-In participated in the meeting with the ambition that “world leaders together ensure new steps towards a safer world and build an inclusive, sustainable and sustainable, “according to a press release.

The round of golf was the 298th in Donald Trump’s order since he took office, according to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, known for keeping statistics on most things related to the president’s activities. .

Trump was a huge critic of Obama’s rounds of golf, which he said stole too much time from the presidency. He tweeted 27 times about the then president’s golf habits. In a January 2015 tweet, Trump wrote that Obama “possibly plays more golf than anyone else in America.”

Obama played 113 rounds of golf during his first term.

Published: November 22, 2020 kl. 00.46