The lonely USA role at the G20 summit, a forum of the world's most powerful economies that Washington once dominated, is exactly consistent with what Trump sees as his mandate for a nationalistic, "America first" foreign policy.
"There is no country that could possibly be closer than our countries ..."
Donald Trump helped to shore up Theresa May's political authority yesterday by hailing their "very special relationship" and promising to conclude a "powerful" post-Brexit trade deal "very quickly".
Mr Trump's claim that progress was being made on a UK-US deal came after Mrs May faced demands from business leaders on Friday to retain trade ties with the European Union after the March 2019 deadline for Brexit, to limit the disruption to businesses.
Trump made the comments Saturday as he met with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
The US leader said he had developed a "very special relationship" with May, who hot-footed to Washington just days after the president's inauguration in the hope of securing the promise of future trade ties once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
Trump also skipped discussions on climate change on Friday afternoon for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which lasted more than two hours.
Merkel said: "The discussions are very hard, I don't want to talk around that".
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The mainstream media also used the opportunity to criticize Trump, showing that a majority of Americans opposed the decision. It allows anyone with a bona-fide relationship with a USA person or entity into the country, but excludes grandparents.
She insisted Britain would continue to be "bold" on the world stage. Beasley said the agency had worked hard with the White House and the U.S. government to secure the funding, but Trump would insist that other countries contributed more as well. Most notably, he pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, making the US only the third country not signed up to the historic agreement to tackle climate change.
Trump's announcement came after his administration proposed sharp cuts in funding for the U.S. State Department and other humanitarian missions as part of his "America First" policy.
Trump and May are sitting down for a meeting today while attending the G-20 summit of industrialized and developed nations.
But the leaders of two of Germany's main business organisation said the priority for them was maintaining the integrity of the single market for the 27 remaining members of the European Union.
"Our focus is on working with the U.S. and global community on how we can increase pressure and find a peaceful solution to the ongoing threat North Korea poses to worldwide security".
President Donald Trump says he plans to do "lots of deals" with Indonesia as he sits down with the country's president.
Trump is set to return to Washington Saturday evening.
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