Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff provided another view of the setting. Pic: Adam Scotti/Prime Minister’s Office/Handout via REUTERS
Mike Callaghan, Lowy Interpreter: G7: the most honest summit – ever!
US President Donald Trump’s performance last week at the G7 summit at La Malbaie, Canada, may have thrown the G7 into disarray and left US–Canada relations in tatters, but he may have done the world of international summitry a service when he withdrew US endorsement of the summit communiqué – even if his motivation for doing so was a fit of pique in response to comments from the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
It is to be hoped that Trump’s performance may encourage greater transparency in future summits on the actual state of negotiations between countries, avoiding the pretence that a consensus has been achieved.
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WNU Editor: With the exception of the Italian Prime Minister who was new to the job, and Japanese PM Abe who was more focused on the upcoming Singapore Summit between Trump and North Korea, the other members were focused on having a fight. And unlike past US Presidents .... President Trump is someone who will always fight back .... and fight publicly he did. This was definitely an honest G7 .... and guess what .... there is going to be another one next year.
Update: I asked a long time friend of mine in the Liberal Party (i.e. Justine Trudeau's Party) if there is any truth to this .... What Trudeau did to set Trump off. It will surprise you! (Brian Lilley). He does not know .... but he would not be surprised. t would fit in with how the Prime Minister behaves, and the need for him and his government to always have a wedge issue to rally their base.
