Trump hits the world stage, Day 1: Come late, leave early, offend host, alienate allies [View all]
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Source: NBC News
The president made quite an impression at the G-7 meeting in Canada on Friday. Saturday he departs to Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong Un.
by Jonathan Allen / Jun.08.2018 / 5:37 PM ET
QUEBEC CITY — The world is getting a good look at the two faces of the Trump administration at this week's G-7 meeting in Charlevoix, Canada: One is that of a team of government officials working hard to find common ground with like-minded nations on a wide range of policy issues, while the other is that of a president who at times seems bent on taking a hammer to the whole process.
The U.S. still hopes to be a party to the traditional end-of-summit joint G-7 agreement Saturday, even as President Donald Trump spent much of the week jabbing other world leaders, threatening to raise tariffs on U.S. allies and arguing that America would be better off if the conference didn't produce a new deal.
On Friday, he upped the ante just before heading to Canada: Russia, he said, should be allowed to rejoin the G-7.
That remark was "not planned," according to a National Security Council official......................................
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-world-stage-come-late-leave-early-offend-host-alienate-n881576
I have no doubt that Trump's EGO is bigly proud of this Headline.
Image: Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau
President Donald Trump sits with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a G-7 summit working session, on June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada.Evan Vucci / AP
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