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kpete

(72,022 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:22 PM May 2020

Trump Postpones G-7 Summit

“President Trump said Saturday that he will postpone until September the annual Group of Seven meeting of world leaders, which he had wanted to hold in-person by the end of June at the White House as the administration tries to project a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic,” the Washington Post reports..

“But German Chancellor Angela Merkel had declined Trump’s invitation to come to Washington for the meeting, citing concerns about the pandemic.”

“Trump also said he plans to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India.”

Said Trump: “I don’t feel that as a G-7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world. It’s a very outdated group of countries.”

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/30/trump-postpones-g-7-summit/

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Hekate

(90,827 posts)
1. Sounds like he's ensuring no European nation will attend. Also that he's trying to break it apart.
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:28 PM
May 2020

All the diplomatic work of the past 75 years....

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
2. Anything to get Putie in town,...
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:33 PM
May 2020

.... then trDumpie can make secret off the record deals with Putie,... give away all top secret info,... then have his Russian bank loans forgiven.

Hip hip hoorah Putie,..

Hip hip hoorah trDumpie,...

Fuck AmeriKKKa.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
3. How Does A Group Of Countries In The World Become Outdated?
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:40 PM
May 2020

As for inviting others, it's not his decision alone

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