Even as Trump is further alienated as he has been at G-20 meetings past, Macron took on MbS.
Fortunately MbS is seen as even more of a pariah than 45*
Before arriving in Buenos Aires for the G-20 summit, President Trump cancelled a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin, citing recent maritime hostilities in Urkaine.
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On Friday, the Russian government itself got in on the trolling, with a government spokesperson telling Russian media: “Is the provocation started by Kiev in this area (Azov Sea) a real reason for the cancellation? We heard that as an official version and we accepted that. Is it a real one? I believe we should look for answers in the U.S. domestic political situation.”
The Russian also said that despite the scheduled meeting being cancelled, there would be a short, spontaneous one Friday anyway. But a White House official told reporters on the trip that there was “no scheduled pull aside,” thus denying the Russian claim that there would be a scheduled impromptu meeting between the heads of two nuclear-armed powers, one of whom almost certainly ordered a hacking and disinformation campaign to help get the other elected.