Trump to skip climate portion of G7 after Twitter spat with Macron and Trudeau

[Miles Archer]

Trump to skip climate portion of G7 after Twitter spat with Macron and Trudeau



https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/07/politics/trump-g7-canada/index.html

(CNN)President Donald Trump plans to depart from this weekend's Group of 7 summit in Canada several hours early, the White House announced Thursday, punctuating an explosion of acrimony between Trump and his foreign counterparts on the eve of the talks.

The White House said Trump would depart mid-morning on Saturday, skipping sessions on climate change and the environment. An aide will take his place, the White House said.

The announcement came as Trump engaged in a bitter back-and-forth with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over Twitter, both of whom he'll meet face-to-face on Friday.

Trump is expecting a knock-down, drag-out fight with top US allies over trade during his time at the conference, held in remote Quebec. It's a battle he believes he can win, but which he's unenthusiastic about waging in person, people familiar with his thinking say.

[Achilleaze]

1. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief* is such a weenie

Shameful republican role model...


* aka Dirty Donny (R)

[empedocles]

2. Another very good one this morning

Thanks.

[smirkymonkey]

3. What a pathetic little coward.

[scarletwoman]

4. K&R just for the graphic alone. :-D (nt)

[sunonmars]

5. I'm sure Macron and Trudeau are feeling happy about that, they lucked out.

[NotASurfer]

6. We may be looking at a G-6 by this time next week

And that's from the outside looking in. How much are our allies going to put up with? How much faith do they have in the American people to reassert our commitment to our best ideals?