President Trump arrives for the official welcome ceremony through the G7 Leaders’ Summit on June 16 in Kananaskis, Alberta. Canada is internet hosting this 12 months’s assembly of the world’s seven largest economies.
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CALGARY, Alberta — President Trump is leaving the G7 in Canada early to return to Washington to deal with the battle within the Center East, the White Home stated.
Commerce points had been anticipated to be a significant focus on the summit within the Canadian Rockies. However as an alternative, the Iran-Israel strikes have loomed over the G7 conferences, with leaders discussing a possible joint assertion on the battle.
“I’ve to be again. It is crucial,” Trump informed reporters after posing for the normal ‘household picture’ with the opposite leaders. “You most likely see what I see,” Trump stated. “I’ve to be again as quickly as I can.”
Trump had initially been slated to depart Canada on Tuesday night, however moved up his departure to Monday night time after a working dinner with the G7 leaders, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on social media.
President Trump talks to reporters on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, throughout a ‘household picture with G7 leaders (L-R) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Union Fee President Ursula von der Leyen.
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The announcement got here shortly after Trump posted a dire warning on social media. “Iran ought to have signed the ‘deal’ I informed them to signal. What a disgrace, and waste of human life,” Trump stated. “Everybody ought to instantly evacuate Tehran!”
Earlier within the day, he met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to wrap up particulars on the commerce deal they introduced final month. Trump additionally met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and so they mentioned commerce points.
Trump informed reporters he had been in “fixed contact” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated that Iran wanted to agree to finish its nuclear program. Requested whether or not he wished to see regime change in Iran, Trump stated: “I wish to see no nuclear weapon in Iran, and we’re effectively on our solution to ensuring that occurs.”
Trump informed reporters that Iran has despatched messages by intermediaries that it desires to deescalate the battle with Israel.
“They’d like to speak, however they need to have performed that earlier than,” Trump stated.
“They should make a deal. And it is painful for each events, however I might say Iran just isn’t successful this warfare, and they need to discuss and they need to discuss instantly earlier than it is too late,” Trump stated.
Stefan Kornelius, a spokesman for the German authorities, informed reporters touring with Trump that different G7 leaders had been making an attempt to craft a joint assertion on the Center East — however that it could be “as much as the American facet” to determine whether or not that assertion would come to fruition.
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