'Millions are dying' because of 'foolish decision' to ban Russia from G8, Trump says

Trump says Trudeau 'wrongly' pushed Russia out of G8 — when Harper was in power

U.S. President Donald Trump said former prime minister Justin Trudeau led the effort to have Russia removed from the G8, even though the decision took place more than a year before Trudeau came to power.

'Millions are dying' because of 'foolish decision' to ban Russia from G8, Trump says

When pressed about whether he would invite Russia back to the group, President Donald Trump responded that "it's not good timing now," contradicting previous statements on the matter.

US President Donald Trump said today that he believes Russia probably would not have invaded Ukraine if it were still a member of the Group of Seven (G7) of the most developed countries.

About this writes Associated Press.During a conversation with journalists at the White House on Tuesday, May 6, Donald Trump said that the United States in 2027 will host the G7 summit. He mentioned that previously the group was called the G8 and included Russia, but in 2014, after the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, it was expelled from the club of governments of the highly developed countries of the world.Trump called this decision, which …