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reuters said:Russia was expelled from what was then called the G8 in 2014 because of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Trump’s suggestion of readmitting Russia was unlikely to gain any traction at the gathering of the group that includes the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, Italy, France and Germany.
“You know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run and the G7, which used to be the G8, they threw Russia out, they can let Russia come back in, because we should have Russia at the negotiating table,” Trump told reporters before leaving Washington.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-g...-russia-should-be-in-g7-meeting-idUKKCN1J41O4
This comes following a week in which Trump has verbally attacked nearly all our allies, and slapped Canada, Mexico, and EU with tariffs for no good reason. Russia themselves rejected the idea of re-joining the G7, as they realize how bad this looks playing out in a public setting.
Given they talk "regularly" over the phone, is there any doubt at this point that Trump is following Putin's playbook to the letter? Other than leaving subtlety at the door, anyway.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/putin-says-he-talks-to-trump-regularly.html
New relevant edit: As Trump was leaving the G7 summit, he threatened to end ALL TRADE with US allies. The job losses and economic crash would be nearly instant as a result of this, of course.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/trump-threatens-to-end-all-trade-with-allies.html
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