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President Donald Trump slammed erstwhile President Barack Obama and erstwhile Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for their 2014 "very large mistake" erstwhile Russia was removed from the G8 summit, which Trump argued would person prevented further warfare from breaking retired betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
"The G7 utilized to beryllium the G8. Barack Obama and a idiosyncratic named Trudeau didn't privation to person Russia in," Trump said Monday from Canada, wherever the G7 acme is being held, portion joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
"I would accidental that that was a mistake due to the fact that I deliberation you wouldn't person a warfare close present if you had Russia. And you wouldn't person a warfare close present if Trump were president 4 years ago," Trump continued. "But it didn't enactment retired that way. But it utilized to beryllium the G8."
Russia officially was removed from G8 acme meetings successful 2014, pursuing Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the property during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit successful Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images )
"They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a precise large mistake, adjacent though I wasn't successful authorities then. I was precise large astir that it was a mistake," helium continued of however helium reacted to the quality successful 2014.
Trump added aboriginal during the gathering that helium was not arguing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to articulation the existent summit, but that the erstwhile determination much than a decennary agone to region the state was a "big mistake."
"But, it was a large mistake. Obama didn't privation them and the caput of your state (Trudeau), the arrogant caput of your country, didn't privation him. This was a large mistake. You wouldn't person that war. You know, you person your force astatine the array … helium wasn't truly an force astatine that time. There was nary concept," Trump continued, referring to Putin.
"If I were president, this warfare would person ne'er happened. But likewise, if helium were a subordinate of the, what was called the G8 astatine that time, it was ever the G8, you wouldn't person a warfare close now."
Former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump shaking erstwhile Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto's hand. (Reuters)
The G7 acme kicked disconnected successful a distant skis edifice municipality successful Alberta, Canada, Monday, and includes leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom, representing 7 of the world's largest economies. The meeting, which concludes Tuesday, marks Trump's archetypal G7 acme of his 2nd administration.
US President Donald Trump speaks arsenic Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) looks connected arsenic they conscionable during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit astatine the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge successful Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada connected June 16, 2025. Also pictured, L/R, are US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra. (Brendan Smialowski/ AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum are besides joining the acme and are expected to conscionable with Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
The acme this week is expected to mostly absorption connected escalating attacks betwixt Israel and Iran, aft Israel launched preemptive strikes connected Iran Thursday evening pursuing months of attempted and stalled atomic negotiations and consequent heightened interest that Iran was advancing its atomic program.
The strikes, which were portion of Israel's "Operation Rising Lion," targeted Iran's atomic and rocket infrastructure and killed astatine slightest 4 Iranian subject leaders.
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Firefighters and rescue unit enactment astatine an interaction tract pursuing rocket onslaught from Iran connected Israel, astatine Haifa, Israel, June 15, 2025. (Rami Shlush/Reuters)
Iran said the strikes were a "declaration of war" and has subsequently launched its ain strikes connected Israel, which person rocked residential communities and near locals killed and buried nether the rubble of buildings.
Trump has continued pushing for Iran to marque a atomic woody aft the state pulled retired of ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Sunday.
Soldiers spot the Ukrainian emblem connected the coffin during warfare with Russia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
"They'd (Iran) similar to talk, but they should person done that before. I had 60 days and they had 60 days. And connected the 61st time I said, we don't person a deal. They person to marque a deal. And, it's achy for some parties. But I'd accidental Iran is not winning this war. And they should speech and they should speech instantly earlier it's excessively late," helium said.
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The acme is expected to besides absorption connected commercialized and the ongoing warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
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