G7 meetings footwear disconnected
Washington — President Trump is successful Canada Monday for the G7 summit, arsenic his aides volition beryllium negotiating with those aforesaid allied nations implicit the tariffs he's imposed.
The summit, which is taking spot conscionable extracurricular of Calgary, comes arsenic tensions betwixt Israel and Iran boil over, present successful their 4th time of unfastened conflict.
The archetypal happening connected Mr. Trump's docket Monday is simply a bilateral gathering with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whom Mr. Trump met past period astatine the White House. The remainder of the time volition dwell of meetings with the G7 leaders, arsenic good arsenic the accepted "family photo" of those leaders and a taste lawsuit to headdress disconnected the night.
Mr. Trump's cognition toward immoderate U.S. allies arsenic good arsenic the tariffs he's launched connected friends and foes alike person made U.S. relationships with immoderate of her allies much uneasy, an undercurrent of the conversations Mr. Trump has connected Monday. Mr. Trump's musings to acquire Canada and Greenland person besides strained the United States' narration with Canada.
When Mr. Trump met with Carney astatine the White House, the recently elected premier curate made it wide that Canada — contrary to Mr. Trump's nationalist musings — is not for sale.
"As a existent property developer, you know, I'm a existent property developer astatine heart," Mr. Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office. "When you get escaped of that artificially drawn enactment ... erstwhile you look astatine that beauteous enactment erstwhile it's together, I'm a precise creator person."
Carney interjected, utilizing connection helium believed Mr. Trump arsenic a existent property developer would understand.
"As you cognize from existent estate, determination are immoderate places that are ne'er for sale," Carney said. "We're sitting successful 1 close now, Buckingham Palace that you visited, arsenic well. And having met with the owners of Canada implicit the people of the run the past respective months, it's not for sale, it won't beryllium for sale, ever. But the accidental is successful the concern and what we tin physique together."
Kathryn Watson is simply a authorities newsman for CBS News Digital, based successful Washington, D.C.
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