WH: Trump’s Formal G-20 Meetings With Turkey, South Korea Canceled

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward a group of reporters to answer questions while departing the White House November 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump answered numerous questions r... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward a group of reporters to answer questions while departing the White House November 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump answered numerous questions regarding his former attorney Michael Cohen's recent court appearance and testimony before departing for the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump will speak informally with the leaders of Turkey and South Korea at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina rather than in formal meetings.

Trump will talk informally with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the G-20 summit.

Sanders spoke to reporters traveling with the president on Air Force One. She did not say why the meetings have been downgraded.

Shortly after leaving the White House for the summit, Trump tweeted that he had canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian vessels.

Sanders says Trump made the decision to cancel while aboard Air Force One and after speaking with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser John Bolton.

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  1. Losing his cool ?

  2. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Is he pouting?

  3. These meetings would have interfered with his watching of Fox News.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    That’s not turbulence you’re feeling on AF1, that’s the manbaby up front shaking in a puddle of his own sick.

    I wonder if he’ll accidentally ‘come down with something’ and stay holed up rather than make any appearances. I don’t think the prospect is unthinkable.

  5. The enraged gorilla’s keepers are trying to get him under control. Someone forgot the dart gun.

    Any bets on AF1 turning back??

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