US EditionTrump slams Obama, Trudeau for pushing Russia out of G8 summit years ago: 'Wouldn't have a war'
- At the 2025 G7 summit in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested reincluding Russia and possibly China in the group.
- Trump argued that Russia’s 2014 expulsion after its Crimea annexation, driven by Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau, was a major mistake possibly causing the war in Ukraine.
- He claimed that Putin now only talks to him and that Russia’s absence complicates diplomacy, although he acknowledged it might be too late for Russia to rejoin the G7.
- Trump argued that excluding Russia from the group in 2014 was a significant error, suggesting that including Russia might have prevented the current conflict. When asked about adding China, he responded that it could be a reasonable option.
- The summit’s agenda includes addressing trade tensions, the Ukraine conflict, and escalating security issues in the Middle East amid ongoing global challenges.
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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.
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