Trump plunges West into crisis over summit spat

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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Updated 4:04 PM ET, Sat June 9, 2018

(CNN)President Donald Trump said Saturday that his relationships with other Western leaders are perfect, but an acrimonious end to the G7 summit showed how the transatlantic alliance has never been so split.

A fragile show of unity at the meeting in Quebec was blown apart, with the group's most powerful member, the United States, isolated from the rest of the world's most industrialized democracies after Trump pulled support for a common communique blaming what he said were "false statements" by Canada's leader.

"PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, 'US Tariffs were kind of insulting' and he 'will not be pushed around.' Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!' Trump tweeted from Air Force One -- hours after he left the summit for Singapore.

A year into his presidency, it is now clear that efforts by foreign leaders to manage and temper the unpredictable US leader have failed, and that he is who he said he would be.

That leaves America's allies with a huge problem.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/politics/g7-donald-trump-foreign-policy/index.html

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1. trump is terrorizing the world

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2. He is Putin's puppet

He is carrying out the destruction of the western alliance/NATO on orders from the Kremlin.

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3. What is Putin's next move?

After this goal is achieved, what is the next part of his plan?

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4. Well seeing as how Trump and Putin hate western democracies

Maybe they will form a new Axis of Evil with NK, the gang of three eh?

Would China join this or oppose is a question mark.

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7. To what end?

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5. I'm NOT believing that the G6 - have a huge problem...

A year into his presidency, it is now clear that efforts by foreign leaders to manage and temper the unpredictable US leader have failed, and that he is who he said he would be.

That leaves America's allies with a huge problem.

I believe that Amerika has a huge problem, and the republiklan congress is complicit -

WE CAN DO THIS - VOTE NOVEMBER 2018 - this is not up to the trumphumpers..it is up to US to turn the tide.....

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6. our allies are soon going to move on from this mess and we will find ourselves

with nowhere to send our goods.

drumpf fails to realize that the reason we have trade deficits is not because we made "bad deals" but because we are both the richest and most consumerist nation. We love to buy buy buy and that culture isn't going to change with tariffs on goods. We're just going to end up undermining our exporters, widening the trade gap, and we are going to keep buying until the impact of retaliatory tariffs filters down to the grocery store and once people cannot afford to fuel their buy buy buy habits anymore, they are going to be pissed..... at the Democrats (who will somehow be blamed for all this)

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9. Why will our allies ever believe us again?

We sign treaties and trade agreements and then four years later the next (republican) President rips them ups and tells our allies to go F themselves.

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10. .

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8. It must be hell being a White House adviser.

They would all have to be just as insane as Trump is.

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11. Oh they are assuredly

King Dump got rid of all the republican handlers that were supposed to stop him from doing whatever the F comes into his addled brain after watching Fox & Friends every night.

We are being lead into the abyss by a collection of right wing fascist fanatics and the only thing that could stop Trump, the GOP controlled Congress refuses to do it's duty.

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12. Not a lawyer but

The Pres can only impose tariffs for national security reasons not as retaliation for high tariffs on US goods. Seems that tweet opens the door to a legal challenge.

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13. That's why Trump has declared Canadian trade policies

a national security threat.

Canada as a national security threat to the United States
BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM, OPINION CONTRIBUTO — 06/04/18 01:30 PM EDT

President Trump says that Canada poses a national security threat to the United States. He has therefore imposed tariffs of 25 percent on imported Canadian steel products and 10 percent on Canadian aluminum products.

http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/390527-canada-as-a-national-security-threat-to-the-united-states

Canada a national security threat to the USA! Can you imagine a bigger insult to a nation that has stood with us and fought for freedom and democracy for generations?