Trump attends his final G-20 summit but does not participate in pandemic preparedness session

Trump attends his final G-20 summit but does not participate in pandemic preparedness session

President Donald Trump waves as he plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020.Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP PhotoPresident Donald Trump on Saturday did not participate in a virtual G-20 session on global response efforts to the coronavirus and improved pandemic preparedness, even as Covid-19 cases surge and break daily records in the U.S.Major leaders among the world's 20 largest economies delivered video messages for the virtual session on pandemic preparedness, including the leaders of Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy and South Korea. Trump did not deliver a message for the event, and there did not appear to be any American presence in the session.Trump participated briefly in the opening ceremonies of the virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia with the rest of the G-20 leaders. The president later went to his golf course, Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, where he's spent the last several weekends since the election.CNBC has reached out to the White House for comment. It was not clear for most of the week if Trump would even attend the final G-20 summit before he leaves office. The president isn't scheduled to appear again at the G-20 until Sunday