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Breaking the protocol, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House advisor Ivanka Trump in an unprecedented move replaced the leader at the heads of government meet at G-20 when the President left for bilateral meets during the session.Democratic countries do not follow the practice of placing unelected representatives to replace state heads and as per the protocol the Vice-President or the Secretary of State should have taken the place of the President.According to a Twitter user with bio reading Russian G20 Sherpa, Ivanka, who accompanied the President on the second day of the G-20 summit at a session about Africa, Migration and Health later replaced him as the leader left for bilateral meetings."2nd day of #G20 Hamburg summit starts with Africa, Migration & Health. Ivanka accompanies Pres Trump. And replaces Pres Trump at the #G20 table as he leaves for bilateral meetings (sic)," Svetlana Lukash said in a series of tweets.Earlier, questions have been raised about ...