President Trump to travel to Europe this week in second overseas trip
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) – On Wednesday, President Trump will embark on his second overseas trip since taking office, traveling to Poland and Germany for the July 7 G-20 Summit.
President Trump’s first stop of his two-nation trip is Warsaw, Poland. He will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Trump will then deliver remarks at the Three Seas Initiative Conference addressing leaders from several Central European, Baltic, and Western Balkan countries. The president will focus on infrastructure development and energy security. He will also meet with the co-host of the conference, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi?.
After the conference, Trump will deliver remarks praising Polish courage in Krasi?ski Square in Warsaw. The square is the site of the World War II uprising against the Nazis.
The president will then travel to Hamburg, Germany for the two-day G-20 summit. While at the G-20 he will hold discussions with several world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping.
According to White House senior adviser H.R. McMaster, the president will have three objectives he will champion while at the summit: promote American prosperity, protect American interests and provide American leadership.
Some of the topics he will discuss with world leaders will include trade policy, energy, foreign threats and defense. He will also discuss with world leaders his reasons for exiting the Paris climate agreement.
Later in the month, President Trump will travel abroad again to France for Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. The President will honor World War I troops during his visit.
In late May, the president made his first trip overseas visiting Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium, The Vatican and Sicily.
