French President Emmanuel Macron, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are seen during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. Photo by Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

Trump scraps news conference ‘out of respect’ for Bushes

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Donald Trump is cancelling a planned news conference at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina Saturday, "out of respect for the Bush Family" after death of former President George H.W. Bush.

In a tweet, Trump says he was "very much looking forward" to speaking with the news media before leaving the summit in Buenos Aires "because we have had such great success in our dealing with various countries and their leaders at the G20."

He adds: "However, out of respect for the Bush Family and former President George H.W. Bush we will wait until after the funeral to have a press conference."

Trump is scheduled to meet down Saturday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping before returning to Washington.

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