Before their conference officially kicked off, US President Trump claimed removing Russia from the original G8 ten years ago as a error. G7 rulers met on Monday to discuss a common strategy for wars in Ukraine and West Asia. The American Rockies beach town of Kananaskis will host officials from the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States until Tuesday. The mountain is seen as a crucial moment to try to restore some degree of unity among political powerhouses in the face of an ongoing Israeli-Iran conflict. A US official said Trump wouldn’t mark a draft speech calling for the de-escalation of the Israel-Iran issue as a first indication that they might struggle to reach agreement on important issues. When asked about information that Iran wanted to work toward a quality, Trump responded, “yeah,” and added that they should have discussed it before. “… Trump said at the launch of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,” I would suggest that Iran is certainly winning this war.” Trump then claimed that removing Russia in 2014 after it annexed Crimea, a shift that sparked Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was a “very great error” If Trump were president four years ago, he said,” I think you wouldn’t have a war right now if you had Russia in,” and he said,” I don’t think you wouldn’t have a war right now.” Trump responded to a reporter’s question about whether China should be included, saying,” It’s not a bad idea. If someone wants to discover China entering only, I don’t mind. Trump argued that it’s crucial for world officials to be able to communicate with one another at conferences. He claimed that” President Putin doesn’t respond to anyone.” He won’t speak because he was so insulted after being kicked out of the G8…
