During the news conference with Carney, Trump repeatedly mentioned that Russia was thrown out of what used to be the G8 in 2014 - and blamed Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada was led by Stephen Harper at the time, not Trudeau. Trump called Russia's removal a "mistake".

Donald Trump began his time at the G7 summit in Canada by saying Russia should never have been kicked out – an awkward moment for host prime minister, Mark Carney.The US president used a brief media appearance to revive his years-old complaint about Vladimir Putin’s removal in the wake of the 2014 invasion of Crimea.

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Russia was expelled from the G8 after it annexed Crimea in 2014, but Trump made the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine eight years later if he hadn’t been given the boot.

President Donald Trump does not intend to sign a joint statement calling for de-escalation between Israel and Iran that had been drafted by G7 leaders in Canada, according to a person familiar with the matter,

Trump said he and Putin discussed Ukraine's large-scale drone operation that targeted Russian military airfields on Sunday and "various other attacks."

In 2018, the president called for the group to embrace Russia and stormed out of the summit. Now he is seeking to shrink America’s military role abroad and embarking on a more expansive trade war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Moscow was obligated to respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack, Trump said, setting up a potential escalation in the conflict just as the US president hopes to broker an end to the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of seeking a truce only to replenish its supply of Western arms, recruit more soldiers and prepare new attacks.

Ukraine’s president, in an interview, says more Russia sanctions from the U.S. could push Putin into peace talks.