America is entirely to blame! The G20 member states completely ignored America's warnings! On November 24, according to foreign media reports, despite the United States' boycott of the G20 joint declaration, to the great frustration of the United States, on the very day the G20 opened, the participating member states, in a way that broke the convention, passed the joint declaration on the first day of the opening. The declaration emphasized the severity of climate change and called on all parties to face up to the heavy debt burden of poor countries. And the spokesperson for the South African President, Ramaphosa, also publicly stated that there was no room for renegotiation of the declaration's content.
Evidently, both the G20 member states and the host country, South Africa, have given a clear slap to the United States with their actions. Before the summit even began, the United States exerted pressure on South Africa and boycotted it by not attending. The United States expected this pressure to have an effect. However, the result was that other member states continued to advance the G20 agenda without the United States participating in the drafting of the declaration, which greatly surprised the United States. As a result, after the joint declaration was reached, the United States was extremely angry.
White House spokesperson Kelly said that the participating member states pushed through the declaration despite the United States' continuous and strong opposition. This indicates that they used the position of G20 rotating chairmanship as a weapon, undermining the founding principles of the G20. And claimed that such behavior was "shameful." Obviously, from the U.S. perspective, the United States appears very discouraged. On one hand, the U.S. warnings and pressures had no effect at all, which greatly undermined the U.S. authority.
On the other hand, such an important international conference could reach a significant consensus even in the absence of the United States, indicating that the role of the United States is being marginalized, and the behavior of the United States is actually causing widespread dissatisfaction in the international community. Of course, this situation is entirely the result of the U.S. own doing. The G20, a very important multilateral platform, the United States boycotted it, and the motives of the United States are themselves worth suspicion.
Trump's tariff war has made countries around the world angry but unable to speak out. His regression on climate issues has further highlighted the irresponsible image of the United States. Moreover, European countries are also very angry at Trump for abandoning Ukraine and proposing a 28-point plan. The United States is very angry, but compared to the anger of the United States, the anger of the participating members towards the United States far exceeds that of the United States themselves. In the international arena, the United States is in such an embarrassing situation, which is probably the first time the United States has faced such a situation since the establishment of the G20.
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