Donald Trump Leaves for G20 Summit
ANDERSON: G20, welcome to hell: that is the official slogan of the protest awaiting world leaders when they arrive in Hamburg in Germany this week. But as you can see from these pictures things are heating up even before the summit of the leading industrialized nations as they are known gets underway. A big story for us here on Connect the World. You're watching CNN. I am Becky Anderson. Welcome back. Quarter past 7:00 in the UAE from our broadcasting hub here in the Middle East. Now, the G20 meeting will be a critical test of Donald Trump's leadership on the World Stage. Many will be watching to see how he handles crises from North Korea to Syria and whether he will reassure NATO allies with an ironclad commitment. Perhaps the most closely watched meeting, though, will come on the sidelines. And he sits down with Vladimir Putin. Before all of that, though, a brief stop in Poland. Air Force One will land in Warsaw just hours from now. CNN senior international correspondents fanned out across Europe for you to cover this story. Ben Wedeman is in Poland, Nic Robertson is in Hamburg, and Matthew Chance is live in Moscow. Ben, to you first. Trump's first stop in a country that's relatively well disposed to the new U.S. leader. What kind of reception is he likely to get?</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we think it will be a very warm reception. The government here is making sure that that's going to be the case. This is a government not unlike President Trump. It is right wing, populist, not a believer in climate change, for instance, not enthusiastic about greeting refugees and migrants, and therefore they see eye-to-eye on most things. We understand that some of the supporters of the government here will, in fact, be arranging for buses to bring their constituents to Warsaw to take part in a -- rather to attend a speech that the president will give at the memorial for the 1944 Warsaw uprising. For instance, Poland is, afterall, one of the five NATO countries that does spend at least 2 percent of its GDP on defense, something that President Trump stressed he wanted to see all NATO members to do. It's important to keep in mind, however, that perhaps the level of enthusiasm for the new administration in Washington isn't quite as high as the government here would like to tell you. For instance, the Pew Research Institute in its recent study found that only 23 percent of Poles questioned said they have confidence in President Trump's ability to deal with global affairs compared to 46 percent who have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But by and large, it's not expected they're going to be any significant protests during President Trump's stay in Warsaw -- Becky.</s>ANDERSON: All right, Ben, very briefly he's set to deliver a speech on Transatlantic ties, of course. What specifically European issues will Trump be faced with this G20, do you think?</s>WEDEMAN: Well, I think more than anything there will be some desire among European leaders for him to take a clear stand on the role of NATO in the realm of European defense. He did not make a very clear statement when he met with the G7 in May in Italy. So, that's one thing. Now, we understand that at his address tomorrow at the Warsaw uprising memorial, he will be laying out his vision for the future of U.S. relations with Europe, that's according to Mr. McMaster, his national security adviser. We don't have much in the way of specifics, but obviously this is going to -- this speech, perhaps, will set the tone for how he's going to be greeted by European leaders at the G20 meeting in Hamburg.</s>ANDERSON: Yeah, absolutely. And, Nic, on that point, huge challenges to deal with at this G20.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: There are. And it's been interesting to see already the sort of battle lines being drawn. Angela Merkel has been quoted in one of the principle weekly political publications here as saying on the issue of globalization that the Europeans that she sees globalization should be something that's win-win, whereas she assesses the United States, President Trump's vision, is a process where there are winners and losers. In the United States, just a few profit was what she was saying. And she believes there should be a situation where everyone benefits from globalization. This comes down to views, fundamental differences on trade. Let's not forget earlier on in this year President Trump was criticizing Germany for a trade imbalance, too many Mercedes, he seemed to imply, were driving up and down Fifth Avenue in New York. Angela Merkel, for her part, quipped that hoped President Trump would be happy that there are plenty of iPhones being used around Berlin. This is a fundamental difference of beliefs, though, it isn't just that the two have sparred verbally over this, it's a view on free trade, or protectionism and there will be an object lesson for President Trump when he gets here. Tomorrow it's expected in Brussels that Japan will sign a major free trade agreement with the European Union that will make it easier, reduce customs duties, make it easier for Japan to bring Japanese cars into Europe and for Europe to export more agriculture products back to Japan. That's just one area. Then you get to, let's say, climate change. President Macron of France has quipped to President Trump's make America great again on the issue of climate change, which President Trump doesn't want to be part of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Macron has said let's make the world great again. These are big ticket issues here. And that's before you get into the meeting with President Putin, or how he'll discuss North Korea with President Xi Jinping who he has a very testy relationship now that's really gone downhill in the last week -- Becky.</s>ANDERSON: Well, let's talk Putin and Trump, then. Matthew, in Moscow, we know that North Korea will be a huge focus at G20. But as Nic rightly pointed out, Russia's foreign minister now speaking out ahead of a key meeting today at the UN. What more can you tell us?</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the Russians have tried to stake out their position as clearly as they can. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying that the task of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula should not become a pretext for regime change in North Korea. And that's consistent with Russia's foreign policy in general. They've seen regime change, of course, in Iraq and in Libya and more closer to home in Ukraine. And they don't like it. And they've worked strenuously to try and prevent it. They certainly don't want to see it in the Korean peninsula where there's another sort of relatively benign regime, from Moscow's point of view, that holds power. There's also a humanitarian argument that the Russians are making as well saying that there could be certain consequences talking about the humanitarian flow, the potential loss of life if this crisis escalates any further. Let's take a quick listen to what Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, had to say on this issue earlier.</s>SERGEY LAVROV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): For Russia and China, it is absolutely clear that any attempts to justify the military solution using the UN Security Council resolution as a pretext are not acceptable and will lead to unpredictable consequences in the region, which is neighboring both Russia and China. The attempts to strangle North Korea economically are also unacceptable.</s>CHANCE: So, no military solution, that's what the Russians are making it clear that they want to see. What they do want to see is a negotiated settlement, diplomacy, of course, that would give them a seat at the top diplomatic table, again another major foreign policy aim of the Russians, to be front and center of any solution to a major international diplomatic crisis, Becky.</s>ANDERSON: All right. What do you think the expectations, then, very briefly are of this Putin, Trump meeting, Matthew?</s>CHANCE: Well, very quickly I think the expectations are pretty low. Trump camp to power promising to turn around the relationship with Russia. He's been completely unable to do that because of his domestic political situation. The Russians are now saying, look, if there can be an agreement, of course, they got a whole range of issues to talk about -- but if there can be an agreement just that these two figures will meet again, that will be considered a success. And so anything other than an abject failure, I think, in this first initial meeting between Trump and Putin will be regarded as a success from the perspective of Moscow.</s>ANDERSON: Matthew Chance is in Moscow, Ben is in Poland for you, and Nic Robertson on the G20 beat. Chaps, thank you very much indeed. Right. If that wasn't enough, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories that are on our radar right now. And the Iraqi prime minister is congratulating his troops on a great victory, as he calls it, even though the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS isn't over yet. Iraqi troops have now pushed the remaining ISIS fighters into what is a small area next to the Tigris River. 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