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President Donald Trump slammed former President Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his or her 2014 “very big mistake” when Russia was faraway from the G8 summit, which Trump argued would have prevented additional struggle from breaking out between Russia and Ukraine.
“The G7 was the G8. Barack Obama and an individual named Trudeau did not wish to have Russia in,” Trump mentioned Monday from Canada, the place the G7 summit is being held, whereas joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“I would say that that was a mistake because I think you wouldn’t have a war right now if you had Russia. And you wouldn’t have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago,” Trump continued. “But it didn’t work out that way. But it used to be the G8.”
Russia formally was faraway from G8 summit conferences in 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press throughout the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP by way of Getty Photographs )
“They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake, even though I wasn’t in politics then. I was very loud about that it was a mistake,” he continued of how he reacted to the information in 2014.
Trump added later throughout the assembly that he was not arguing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to hitch the present summit, however that the earlier determination greater than a decade in the past to take away the nation was a “big mistake.”
“But, it was a big mistake. Obama didn’t want them and the head of your country (Trudeau), the proud head of your country, didn’t want him. This was a big mistake. You wouldn’t have that war. You know, you have your enemy at the table … he wasn’t really an enemy at that time. There was no concept,” Trump continued, referring to Putin.
“If I were president, this war would have never happened. But likewise, if he were a member of the, what was called the G8 at that time, it was always the G8, you wouldn’t have a war right now.”
Former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump shaking former Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto’s hand. (Reuters)
The G7 summit kicked off in a distant ski resort city in Alberta, Canada, Monday, and contains leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the European Union and the UK, representing seven of the world’s largest economies. The assembly, which concludes Tuesday, marks Trump’s first G7 summit of his second administration.
US President Donald Trump speaks as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) appears on as they meet throughout the Group of Seven (G7) Summit on the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. Additionally pictured, L/R, are US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra. (Brendan Smialowski/ AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum are additionally becoming a member of the summit and are anticipated to satisfy with Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photograph/Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
The summit this week is anticipated to largely deal with escalating assaults between Israel and Iran, after Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iran Thursday night following months of tried and stalled nuclear negotiations and subsequent heightened concern that Iran was advancing its nuclear program.
The strikes, which had been a part of Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion,” focused Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure and killed not less than 4 Iranian army leaders.
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Firefighters and rescue personnel work at an affect website following missile assault from Iran on Israel, at Haifa, Israel, June 15, 2025. (Rami Shlush/Reuters)
Iran mentioned the strikes had been a “declaration of war” and has subsequently launched its personal strikes on Israel, which have rocked residential communities and left locals killed and buried below the rubble of buildings.
Trump has continued pushing for Iran to make a nuclear deal after the nation pulled out of ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Sunday.
Troopers place the Ukrainian flag on the coffin throughout struggle with Russia. (AP Photograph/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
“They’d (Iran) like to talk, but they should have done that before. I had 60 days and they had 60 days. And on the 61st day I said, we don’t have a deal. They have to make a deal. And, it’s painful for both parties. But I’d say Iran is not winning this war. And they should talk and they should talk immediately before it’s too late,” he mentioned.
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The summit is anticipated to additionally deal with commerce and the continuing struggle between Russia and Ukraine.
