US EditionTrump slams Obama, Trudeau for pushing Russia out of G8 summit years ago: 'Wouldn't have a war'
- Donald Trump criticized former leaders Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau for pushing Russia out of the G8 summit in 2014, claiming it caused the Ukraine war.
- Russia was expelled from the G8 group after it annexed Crimea from Ukraine, an action widely seen as the catalyst for removal and subsequent conflict.
- At the 2025 G7 summit in Canada, Trump stated that excluding Russia complicates peace efforts and suggested including China and Russia to prevent future conflicts.
- Trump claimed that excluding Russia from the group was a significant error made by earlier leaders, suggesting that if Russia had remained a member, the current conflict might have been avoided.
- Trump’s remarks highlight ongoing debates on G7 membership and suggest reconsidering Russia's role could influence diplomatic approaches amid the Ukraine war.
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Donald Trump stated, at the G7 summit in Canada, that G8 was wrong when Russia was excluded in 2014, after Moscow attached the Ukrainian Crimea Peninsula. Kremlin responded after the US President's statement. Article Donald Trump criticised Russia's G8 exclusion: "I think you have no war now if Russia had not been excluded" appeared for the first time in Romania TV.
Ukraine war latest: Kremlin agrees with Trump over G8 'mistake' - after Kyiv comes under nine-hour attack
At the G7 summit in Canada, Donald Trump made waves by leaving early and new sanctions on Russia were announced. Our Sky News correspondents have analysis of Trump's move and an investigation from Moscow on why sanctions aren't working. It comes after an enormous attack on Kyiv.
The U.S. President considered on June 16 that Russia's exclusion from the G8 alliance was "an error." He rejected the fault on Justin Trudeau... who was not yet in Canada's responsibilities. - VERIF' - Was Russia excluded from the G8 by Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau? (International).
If the Russian Federation had been in the G8, there would never have been a war in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said on Monday evening. Russian former president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev responded to his words shortly after noon on Tuesday, praising the head of the White House for them. On the other hand, Republican Senator Don Bacon disagrees with Moscow's membership. He said that until Russia sto…
Donald Trump at the meeting of the leaders of the G7 countries could start by discussing trade, the war in the Middle East or the war in Ukraine. However, in the first place for him was another question: Vladimir Putin.
ThePatriotLight - Trump Calls Expelling Russia From G8 "A Big Mistake" That Led To Ukraine War
ThePatriotLight - "This was a big mistake," Trump told reporters Monday just ahead of the G7 meeting in Canada, in reference to booting Russia from what was then known as the Group of 8. "You wouldn't have that war" - in reference to the over three-year long Ukraine war. He described that this action under the Obama administration likely greatly contributed to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. He not only pinned blame on Oba…
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