G7 showdown: Furious Trump will exit summit EARLY, labels Trudeau ‘indignant’ and slaps down Macron after accusing French and Canadian leaders of ‘charging the US massive tariffs’
President Trump lobbed a Twitter attack at the leaders of France and Canada
He said both nations were charging ‘massive tariffs’ on U.S. products
French President Emanuel Macron earlier took a shot at Trump
‘Maybe the American president doesn’t care about being isolated today, but we don’t mind being six’
Trump is now planning to leave the summit early – skipping climate discussions
Trump’s meeting with world leaders is expected to be tense
The leaders of the seven industrial powers gather in Quebec on Friday
By EMILY GOODIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
8 June 2018
Donald Trump is planning to leave the G7 summit early – skipping the climate discussions – following a furious Twitter spat with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Trump also attacked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, labeling him as ‘indignant’ and accusing him of damaging US agriculture, while complaining that both he and President Macron ‘are charging the U.S. massive tariffs.’
Macron fired back on Twitter that the summit did not need the US.
‘The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be,’ he wrote.
‘Because these 6 countries represent values, they represent an economic market which has the weight of history behind it and which is now a true international force.’
Now Trump, who will meet with both Macron and Trudeau tomorrow, has announced he plans to leave the summit several hours early. The White House confirmed that he will depart mid-morning on Saturday, skipping the sessions on climate change and the environment.
A White House aide will take his place.
Trump reportedly even considered scrapping the visit to Canada entirely because he’d be outnumbered on issues like trade and climate change, sources told CNN.
The US president was also unhappy over Trudeau’s barbs about Canada’s better relationship with the US under Barack Obama.
‘Prime Minister Trudeau is being so indignant, bringing up the relationship that the U.S. and Canada had over the many years and all sorts of other things…but he doesn’t bring up the fact that they charge us up to 300% on dairy — hurting our Farmers, killing our Agriculture!’ Trump tweeted Thursday.
The tweet followed another, where he wrote that: ‘The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out.’
He concluded his message by writing: ‘Look forward to seeing them tomorrow.’
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