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Washington Post: Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit closes
HAMBURG — President Trump and other world leaders on Saturday emerged from two days of talks unable to resolve key differences on core issues like climate change and globalization, fueling worries that global summits may be ineffective in the Trump era.
The divisions at the G-20 summit were most bitter on climate change, where 19 leaders formed a unified front against Trump. But even in areas of nominal compromise like trade, top European leaders said they have little faith that an agreement forged today could hold tomorrow.
“Our world has never been so divided,” French President Emmanuel Macron said as the talks broke up. “Centripetal forces have never been so powerful. Our common goods have never been so threatened.”
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WNU editor: The 800lb gorilla in the room was US President Trump and where he wants the U.S. to be in this world .... aside from that .... nothing else will be remembered in the future on what happened at this G20 meeting.
