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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea, and India.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return to Washington from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Trump said the G7, whose members are the world's most advanced economies, was a "very outdated group of countries" in its current format.
"I'm postponing it because I don't feel that as a G7 it properly represents what's going on in the world," Trump said.
It was unclear whether Trump's desire to invite the additional countries was an effort to permanently expand the G7. On several previous occasions, he suggested Russia be added given what he described as Moscow's global strategic importance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-postpones-g7-summit-seeks-to-add-countries-to-invitation-list/ar-BB14OB2H
He wants Putin to provide another shower show.
crickets
(25,979 posts)No, donny. No. It has to be postponed because no one in their right mind is going to show up. The heady combo of COVID-19 and your own special funk are just too much to bear.
underpants
(182,803 posts)His groveling is going to be embarrassing.
doc03
(35,336 posts)nothing over there. Their GDP is about 1/8 of ours. They have about the same GDP of the state of New York.
snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)Inviting leaders to a G-7 here is going to be well attended after he says "very outdated group of countries"? He's making up his own group without consulting them. Never happen!
doc03
(35,336 posts)nothing to sell but minerals, weapons and pornography.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)dflprincess
(28,076 posts)I'm surprised there hasn't been a Twitter storm about it.
JDC
(10,127 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Donny Dotard is so fickle!