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Things will be very awkward for Trump at the G7 summit
Almost every country at the summit is unhappy with the president.

D. Parvaz
Jun 7, 2018, 4:46 pm

It’s going to be an awkward weekend for President Donald Trump, who will be in Canada on Friday for the G7 summit.

Trump made his displeasure at having to attend the summit known, when he told aides that spending two days in Canada is not a good use of his time given that the talks he’s been so anxious to have with North Korea are set to take place in Singapore on Tuesday, June 12.

But his hesitance may also have something to do with the company. When the president begrudgingly touches down in Charlevoix, Quebec, he will face a hostile group of countries — all allies in the group of the world’s most developed and industrialized nations — that he has managed to insult and rile over trade and security issues.

While the leaders of all these countries are typically far more diplomatic in their style of engagement than President Trump, who takes more of a tweet-first, double-down-later approach to forming foreign policy, he will nonetheless find himself on the opposite side of the table from pretty much everyone there (with the possible, notable exception of Italy).

President Donald Trump talks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on May 31, 2018, as he travels to Texas for Republican fundraisers. CREDIT: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images.

Thanks to Trump, the U.S. is now mired in trade wars on three continents
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-u-s-major-trade-wars-china-france-canada-9938b040bc9a/

In other words, there might be a bit of a reckoning for the president, who after months of trashing his allies in domestic speeches, will have to face representatives from countries he’s accused of all kinds of things — from taking advantage of the United States to posing a national security threat.

In other words, there might be a bit of a reckoning for the president, who after months of trashing his allies in domestic speeches, will have to face representatives from countries he’s accused of all kinds of things — from taking advantage of the United States to posing a national security threat.

Here’s a rundown of some of the issues each of our allies in attendance at the summit might have with President Trump:

Canada...

France...

Japan...

The United Kingdom...

Germany...

Italy...

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Things did not go well for anyone when Italy hosted the G7 summit last year.
President Trump was so isolated on key issues that some dubbed the event as the “G6+1.”
There, Italians worked hard with their counterparts to bring Trump back into the fold on the Paris Climate Agreement and get some consensus on the importance of food security, a key driver of migration. No dice on either.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-g7-summit-68ce1527ce39/