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Trump delays 'outdated' G7 leaders' summit
bbc.com ^ | May 31, 2020 | BBC

Posted on 05/30/2020 11:23:39 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

US President Donald Trump has said he will postpone this year's G7 summit and invite leaders of other countries to participate in the talks.

"I don't feel that... it properly represents what's going on in the world. It's a very outdated group of countries," Mr Trump said on Saturday.

The G7 group, which the US hosts this year, includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK.

The president said Russia, South Korea, Australia and India should be invited.

Speaking to reporters on board the presidential plane Air Force One, Mr Trump said that he was delaying the summit - which was scheduled to take place later in June - until September.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: g7; g7summit
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Merkel didn't want to go.
1 posted on 05/30/2020 11:23:39 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

LoL


2 posted on 05/30/2020 11:25:12 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Russia is essentially China’s puppet these days.

A lot of good bringing them in will do.


3 posted on 05/30/2020 11:29:25 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oz should definitely be part of the G group.


4 posted on 05/30/2020 11:29:47 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Invite Taiwan instead of Russia, as well as India.


5 posted on 05/30/2020 11:36:04 PM PDT by datura
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To: DoughtyOne
Russia is essentially China’s puppet these days. A lot of good bringing them in will do.

Unless you are trying to lure russia away from china.
6 posted on 05/31/2020 12:00:14 AM PDT by JoSixChip (Pelosi would be third in line to serve as president if Trump, Pence become incapacitated by COVID-19)
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To: 444Flyer

I wonder if the G7 will reemerge as the G10.


7 posted on 05/31/2020 12:27:12 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Trump needs to reorganize this...should be FoUS (Friends of the US)...to include Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the UK, Brazil, and maybe Mexico. The EU can run it’s own FoEU (just EU members, Canada, and China).


8 posted on 05/31/2020 1:06:10 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: DoughtyOne
Russia was already part of what was the G8 before all this fake Russian collusion nonsense and other garbage led to them being excluded.
Of course Russia should be part of it. They are the second mightiest if not the mightiest nuclear power on the planet.
9 posted on 05/31/2020 1:14:11 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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How many nuclear missiles does Taiwan have?


10 posted on 05/31/2020 1:16:54 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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I would leave Canada out of this league of important countries, I live here and the place is a joke. They blacklist the best people they have and let mediocre people run everything. That’s why it’s a joke. It doesn’t even defend its own borders.


11 posted on 05/31/2020 1:23:59 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
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To: pepsionice

Germany wants out - they want to run the EU show. Big mistake. We know Germany’s track record and it ‘ain’t good’...

Germany doesn’t want to come - good, freeze ‘em out. Invite the rest of Europe.


12 posted on 05/31/2020 1:29:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (The 'black community' just won the award for 'most disgusting racial group' in the United States...)
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To: DoughtyOne

Both President Trump and Macron said Russia should be invited to the G-7 next year. They should have never been outed.


13 posted on 05/31/2020 1:42:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: DoughtyOne
Both President Trump and Macron said Russia should be invited to the G-7 next year (2020). They should have never been outed in 2014 under the Obama administration.

Russia China's puppet?? I don't think so.

14 posted on 05/31/2020 1:44:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Look, China and Russia have aligned. There’s nothing I can
do about it, and as for Russia being China’s puppet, do
either of you think Russia can dictate to China?

China is driving the bus, and Russia got on board.

As for the G-8 idea, I’d have to differ with ANYONE
suggesting it was a good idea.

Isn’t it supposed to be an economic summit? Wasn’t Russia
just going at Saudi Arabia destabilizing the oil industry?

That had a very negative impact on our oil industry.

At this time, I don’t trust Russia. I’ve advocated giving
it better trade, but look at the situation.

China appears to think it can best the U. S. right now.

It is challenging our ships in international waters. It’s
headed toward war with us, and Russia has mouthed off to
the point that I don’t trust it.

It’s inclusion in the G-8 would allow it to disrupt.

Let’s review for a moment how trade has worked to bring
these two peckerhead nations closer to us. China is
signaling war, and Russia can only come up with things
only a wife would say about her errant husband.


15 posted on 05/31/2020 3:06:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"I don't feel that... it properly represents what's going on in the world. It's a very outdated group of countries," Mr Trump said on Saturday.

Then why reschedule? Why not leave the G-7 if it's outdated and let the G-6 have their meeting whenever and however they want?

16 posted on 05/31/2020 4:53:05 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: .30Carbine
I wonder if the G7 will reemerge as the G10.

Why not as the G6?

17 posted on 05/31/2020 4:54:42 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoughtyOne
A lot of good bringing them in will do.

Trump's been pretty clear he doesn't think they should have been tossed out at all.

18 posted on 05/31/2020 4:55:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SmokingJoe
Russia was already part of what was the G8 before all this fake Russian collusion nonsense and other garbage led to them being excluded.

Russia was removed by the seven members in 2014, long before the "fake Russian collusion nonsense" and the "other garbage" was their invasion of the Crimea.

19 posted on 05/31/2020 4:57:27 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SmokingJoe

How many nuclear missiles does Taiwan have, you ask. Its physicists have been working the nuclear problem about the same number of years that Israeli scientists have. Israel has never admitted it has nuclear weapons. Taiwan simply clams-up. What would YOU bet that Taiwan is nuke-free?


20 posted on 05/31/2020 5:12:01 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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