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Trump is taking a load of baggage to G-20

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - President Donald Trump's harsh insults and boorish behavior have dominated and divided one international gathering after another in recent months, leaving acrimony in his wake at a Group of 7 meeting in Quebec, a NATO summit in Brussels and a World War I centennial ceremony in Paris.

As he leaves Thursday for a Group of 20 economic summit in Buenos Aires, Trump carries with him controversies that could erupt involving one autocrat whom he will formally meet - Russian President Vladimir Putin - and another whom he will not - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Trump also may find himself partly overshadowed for the first time. The de facto Saudi leader will be making his first appearance on the global stage since he was alleged to have ordered

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