World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis…

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/apr/25/billionaires-should-pay-minimum-two-per-cent-wealth-tax-say-g20-ministers

No, philanthropist Bill Gates didn’t say death panels ‘will soon be required’ - PolitiFact

We rate claims that Gates made such a statement at the recent G20 summit Pants on Fire!..

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/21/viral-image/no-philanthropist-bill-gates-didnt-say-death-panel/

Trump rejects need for climate action at G-20: US has 'cleanest' water and air 'we've ever had' - The Hill

President Trump broke with the Group of 20 (G-20) nations on the need for climate change action on Saturday, saying the United States has the "cleanest water we have ever had."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/451021-trump-rejects-need-for-climate-action-at-g-20-us-has-the-cleanest

This 2017 video of Trump and Putin in Germany is going viral—with significant new context

In 2017, MSNBC aired a video of various heads of state dining at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. It was Trump’s first big summit with other world leaders and it was also his first face-to-face encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I created a GIF of the video because I was so gobsmacked, embarrassed by Donald Trump’s childish, needy hand signals to the Russian president. Trump was desperate to get his attention. It took off on Twitter that day.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/1/16/1826730/-This-2017-video-of-Trump-and-Putin-in-Germany-is-going-viral-with-significant-new-context

Justin Trudeau just humiliated Trump at the signing ceremony for the new NAFTA - Raw Story

President Donald Trump has tried to claim renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement as a monumental achievement of his administration, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau coldly undermined the president's ploy on Friday at a signing ceremony for the new deal. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/justin-trudeau-just-humiliated-trump-signing-ceremony-new-nafta/

Watch Max Boot trash talk 'obsequious' Lindsey Graham for applauding Trump's 'resolve' to not meet with Putin - Raw Story

Appearing on CNN, conservative Max Boot -- a frequent critic of President Donald Trump -- admitted he almost rolled his eyes when asked about South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's support for Trump's muted response to Russian encroachment in the Ukraine by announcing he would not meet with Vladimir Putin at the G-8 conference. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/watch-max-boot-trash-talk-obsequious-lindsey-graham-applauding-trumps-resolve-not-meet-putin/

The G20 summit is a reminder of how little the US is doing for American workers - Vox

President Donald Trump will meet with world leaders in Argentina later this month for the annual economic summit....
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/26/18103070/g20-summit-buenos-aires-argentina-trump

Alexei Bayer: America's surrender summit | KyivPost

A country doesn’t have to be defeated on the battlefield in order to lose a war. In November 1918, Germany capitulated with its army still largely intact and no enemy boots on its soil. In 1989-91, the Soviet Empire collapsed without a single shot being fired, and Russia effectively admitted that it lost the Cold War. These two acts of surrender, though inevitable, later came to be regarded as betrayals in Weimar Germany and post-communist Russia.

Donald Trump’s visit to Europe in early July 2017 will also enter history books as a journey of American surrender, a humiliating defeat inflicted by a once-great nation upon itself when it was still a leading global economy and formidable military power....
https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/alexei-bayer-americas-surrender-summit.html

2 of Trump’s smartest advisers try to defend his foreign policy. Absurdity ensues. -- Vox

H.R. McMaster and Gary Cohn's New York Times op-ed can't justify Trump's approach to foreign policy. So it invents a new one.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/13/15964376/hr-mcmaster-gary-cohn-new-york-times-bad

Donald Trump’s Increasingly Sad Anti-Hillary Crusade -- VICE

What do you do when you are president of the United States and people are yelling at you about (*checks newsfeed*) letting your daughter take your seat at the G20 conference and absurdly proposing a "cyber security unit" with Russia before backtracking 12 hours later? You yell back, of course, and you pick a familiar target, your vanquished rival Hillary Clinton: ....
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nev3bx/donald-trumps-increasingly-sad-anti-hillary-crusade

The Transcript -- TPM

When I wrote the post below, trying to make sense of what happened in the Trump-Putin meeting, I didn't have the transcript of the gaggle with McMaster, Cohn and Mnuchin. What I was going on were press accounts that they declined to address Lavrov's and Putin's comments. So I knew in general they declined but I didn't have the details.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-transcript

Why Putin Loves Trump: He’s Making America Weak Again | Alternet

As the G20 summit shows, the US under its erratic president is losing its soft power – and its friends....
http://www.alternet.org/world/no-wonder-trump-putins-favourite-hes-making-america-weak-again

Srecko Horvat on "Democracy in Europe Movement" & Uniting Leftists Against Failed Policies of G20 - YouTube

As President Donald Trump meets with world leaders at the G20 in Hamburg, Germany, European activists held a G20 alternative summit—the Global Solidarity Summit. We speak to Croatian philosopher Srecko Horvat about the G20’s policies and the Democracy in Europe Movement, which he started with former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwdjtb_asP4&t=368s

De Blasio contradicts Trump on Paris deal at G20 protest -- The Hill

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Saturday pushed back on President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accords, noting that some U.S.cities plan to honor the agreement despite Trump's decision. ...
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/341111-at-g20-protest-nyc-mayor-contradicts-trump-on-climate-change

Here's the mistake US presidents make when they meet Putin -- Business Insider

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet for the first time Friday at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, beginning a new chapter in the relationship between the world's two largest military and nuclear powers.

With Russian foreign policy in direct opposition to US interests abroad, and a grinding investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian hackers in the 2016 presidential election, pundits look to the meeting as a high-stakes first step in a relationship that could be defining for both men.  ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-putin-russia-meeting-mistake-2017-7

Trump Just Redefined Western Values Around Faith, Not Democracy - Bloomberg

U.S. President Donald Trump just sought to redefine the West. In a speech to cheering crowds in Warsaw on Thursday, Trump described the West’s values in terms of religion and culture and called for the defense of its civilization against radical Islam. It amounted to a manifesto for his foreign-policy vision....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-06/trump-just-redefined-western-values-around-faith-not-democracy

Clinton aide John Podesta tells Trump: 'Get a grip' - BBC News

Mr Trump tweeted that "everyone" at the meeting of world leaders in Germany was talking about John Podesta's supposed role in a Democratic Party email hack. He accused Mr Podesta of failing to co-operate with US authorities as they investigated the cyber-attack. Mr Podesta hit back in seven tweets, branding Mr Trump a "whack job"....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40533959