From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
   	   
      
      
   When we see dictators like Putin and Saudi's bin Salman high-fiving at summit   
   meetings, you know they're happy about the world state of affairs.     
      
   What would that be?  Well, it looks like the 'great' United States of America   
   is not so great anymore.  Because of the President that both the Saudis and   
   Russians helped to put into power, they now have a pawn to move around as they   
   please.   
      
   Even the fat kid from North Korea knows how to manipulate Trump, and he didn't   
   even meet with him before the U.S. election - he waited to flatter him and   
   make empty promises _after_ he discovered what a big, easy ego Trump had -   
   sorta resembling silly    
   putty.   
      
   One stupid President, elected by a minority of stupid people in America and   
   many smart ones in foreign countries, has now shifted the world's power from   
   the U.S.A. to players in the middle east and Europe.  'MAGA' will have to be   
   postponed until the pawn    
   in the U.S. is defeated and removed from the game.   
      
   Here he is again, working hard for the oil companies and Saudis and   
   corporations who are beholden to the Saudis and the Russians:   
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   G-20 Nations Agree On Trade, Migration; Trump Lone Holdout On Climate Change   
      
   BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Leaders of the Group of 20 agreed Saturday to   
   fix the world trading system after difficult, all-night talks in the Argentine   
   capital, but only 19 of them agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting   
   climate change with    
   the United States the lone holdout.   
      
   The official summit statement acknowledges flaws in global commerce and calls   
   for reforming the World Trade Organization. It doesn’t mention the word   
   “protectionism,” however, after negotiators said that had met resistance   
   from the United States.   
      
   Applause broke out in the summit hall as the leaders, including U.S. President   
   Donald Trump, signed off on a final statement at the end of a two-day summit.   
      
   The non-binding agreement was reached after talks by diplomats stretched   
   overnight and into daylight on Saturday, amid deep divisions between member   
   nations.   
      
   European Union officials said the United States was the main holdout on nearly   
   every issue.  Trump has criticized the WTO and taken aggressive trade policies   
   targeting China and the EU.   
      
   But China also pushed back in talks on steel, South Africa objected to   
   language on trade, Australia didn’t want the statement to be too soft on   
   migration and Turkey worried it would push too far on climate change,   
   according to the officials.   
      
   A senior White House official said the joint statement meets many U.S.   
   objectives and stressed that it includes language about WTO reform.  The   
   official also noted other elements such as language on workforce development   
   and women’s economic    
   development and a commitment by China to doing infrastructure financing on   
   “transparent terms.”   
      
   According to the official, the language on climate was necessary for   
   Washington to sign on, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Russia had appeared   
   sympathetic to the U.S. position but ultimately stayed with the other   
   countries.   
      
   With trade tensions between the U.S and China dominating the summit, the   
   Europeans sought to play mediator.  They also scaled back their expectations,   
   cutting out mention of rising protectionism — mainly aimed at Trump.   
      
   The final language of the statement says, regarding climate, that 19 nations   
   that are signatories to the Paris accord reiterate their commitment to it   
   while the U.S. reiterates its decision to withdraw.   
      
   It also notes a recent U.N. report that warned damage from global warming will   
   be much worse than previously feared, and expresses support for an upcoming   
   U.N. climate meeting in Poland meant to nail down how countries will meet   
   promises made in the    
   Paris accord.   
      
      
   More:   
   https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/g-20-nations-agree-trump-cl   
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