President Trump participated in the Group of 20 (G-20) virtual summit early Saturday, telling world leaders that he wants U.S. citizens to be …
President Trump participated in the Group of 20 (G-20) virtual summit early Saturday, telling world leaders that he wants U.S. citizens to be vaccinated first, before leaving ahead of the start of a side conference on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump appeared among nearly two dozen leaders to speak at the start of the summit hosted by Saudi Arabia when it began at 8 a.m. EST, joining via video conference from the White House Situation Room. Soon after the summit began, however, the president started tweeting about the election. The president then left the White House shortly before 10 a.m. to visit his namesake golf club outside Washington, D.C., as other world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke during a side event on «Pandemic Preparedness and Response,» CNN reported. The public schedule from the White House indicates that Trump is set to attend another G-20 session Sunday morning. The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment on Trump’s absence from the coronavirus session Saturday.
