Sunday, June 10, 2018

G-6 plus 1

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-magnificent-photo-sums-donald-190229690.html



  Trump, shocks U.S. allies over the weekend when he used a meeting of the Group of 7 industrialized economies in Canada to alienate America's closest friends in the West.
Lashing out over trade practices, he lobbed insults at the G-7 host, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He left early, and as he flew to Singapore, he tweeted that he was yanking the U.S. out of the traditional group statement.



One Magnificent Photo Sums Up Donald Trump's G-7 Visit

Perhaps no other photo is in more need of a thorough caption than the one released Saturday by the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from the Group of Seven's annual meeting in Quebec. Tense and confrontational, it appears to sum up President Donald Trump's entire trip, which highlighted divisions among the global powers. The image dramatically depicts the German leader in an assertive pose, planting both hands firmly on a crisp tablecloth as she addresses President Donald Trump, who is seated before her with his arms crossed wearing a dispassionate expression.




G7 leaders scramble to find common ground after Donald Trump throws summit into chaos

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-russia-allowed-125837282.html