Ocasio-Cortez leads critics of video showing Ivanka Trump G20 chat
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Source: The Guardian
Ocasio-Cortez leads critics of video showing Ivanka Trump G20 chat
First daughter attempts to talk with May, Macron and more
New York Democrat laments damage to diplomatic standing
Martin Pengelly
Sun 30 Jun 2019 17.03 BST Last modified on Sun 30 Jun 2019 19.20 BST
The French government on Saturday released a brief clip of a discussion at the G20 summit in Osaka involving four world leaders and Ivanka Trump.
In the 19 seconds of footage, Donald Trumps daughter appears to attempt to join a conversation between French president Emmanuel Macron, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde and British prime minister Theresa May.
Among widespread reaction on social media, most of it critical of the first daughter, the New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said such behaviour hurts our diplomatic standing.
Trump has been criticised before for appearing to stand in for her father at international summits, for example during a discussion on health and migration in Africa at the 2017 G20 in Hamburg.
In the video released by the Elysée Palace, Macron can be heard to make a point about social justice, to which Trump, standing to his right, says either its on or its all.
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