May defends Trump after he declines formal meeting at G7 summit

[DonViejo]

Source: The Independent




‘We want to be a great champion for free trade around the world and that’s what we will continue to be,’ the prime minister says ahead of two-day summit

Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor in Quebec
@Rob_Merrick
4 hours ago

Theresa May has defended Donald Trump after he declined a face-to-face meeting with her at the G7 summit and cut short his visit amid fury over his steel tariffs.

The prime minister also urged fellow EU leaders to step back from harsh tit-for-tat reprisals – planned for next month – against the US, calling for their response to be “proportionate”.

No bilateral meeting with Mr Trump is scheduled for the two day summit in Canada, with the US president arriving late and expected to leave early.

He described the gathering of the Western economic powers as a “distraction” – ahead of his summit with North Korea next week – despite the growing fears of a disastrous global trade war.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-theresa-may-g7-meeting-trade-north-korea-quebec-a8388766.html

[Roy Rolling]

1. Defended Like This?

"He's a fuckin' idiot, don't be too hard on him. He hasn't a clue."

[FSogol]

2. Translation: No one wanted the orange buffoon here anyway.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Donnie thinks he can bluff and intimidate with the tariffs, holding out under....

Obama's strong economy that continues today.

Sooner or later it is going to bite Donnie in the ass.

[Marcuse]

4. The G-6 has an great opportunity to do us a great favor.

The final joint communique can publically expose *45 as a risk to world security as confirmed by their own intel.

[paleotn]

5. distraction?

My prediction....there will be no NK summit. NK will not give up their nukes. When faced by this fucking orange clown, who can blame them.

Oh, and rest assured, allies. Congress will remove the executive branch's power to arbitrarily assigning tariffs. Their political futures aren't funded by racist, dumb ass Dump supporters, but by the corporate class, and that class is fed up with Dumpster's tariff bullshit.

[T_i_B]

6. Another humiliation for Theresa May

At a time when British politics is becoming more and more dependent on an unstable US President as we leave the EU.