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U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 acme successful Alberta aboriginal due to the fact that he's needed backmost successful Washington to code what's going connected successful the Middle East, Karoline Leavitt, the White House property secretary, said successful a societal media station precocious Monday.
U.S. president to permission aft leaders' meal to spell backmost to Washington
John Paul Tasker · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 8:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago
U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 acme successful Alberta aboriginal due to the fact that he's needed backmost successful Washington to code what's going connected successful the Middle East, Karoline Leavitt, the White House property secretary, said successful a societal media station precocious Monday.
That's an evident notation to the warfare betwixt Iran and Israel, which is expanding by the time arsenic Israel ramps up its attacks arsenic portion of a propulsion to destruct the country's atomic programme and hitch retired the elder Iranian officials who pb it.
Leavitt said Trump "had a large time astatine the G7" — helium signed a commercialized pact with the United Kingdom and agreed to effort and scope 1 with Canada wrong 30 days — but helium has to spell aft the leaders' meal this evening.
Trump's departure means helium volition miss the 2nd time of the G7 program, including the sojourn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump was acceptable to conscionable with Zelenskyy and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for bilateral meetings connected the sidelines of the summit.
Trump arrived successful Calgary Sunday evening and took portion successful the G7 leaders' discussions Monday connected the system and immoderate information matters.
He met with Carney for a bilateral gathering Monday greeting and had backstage pull-asides with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Trump left the past G7 gathering Canada hosted successful 2018 aboriginal to question to Singapore for a acme with North Korean person Kim Jong-un.
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