World Pushes Back Against Trump's America At The G20

Mallen Baker: Faultlines · Sep 2, 2026 · 15m

The United States grabbed its turn to host the G20 summits in order to boast to the world about how wonderful its economic policies are, and to encourage everyone else to follow its lead, to submit to its rules, to experience the freedom of subservience. They may not have used those exact words, but not far off. By now, however, the rest of the world is looking to move on. Some, like the G20, are quietly planning their own path distinct from the Donald Trump one. Others - well, there was another summit happening this week, one that is founded on the vision of a very different world order…