SHOCK: Trump is letting Russia back into the G7

[TheBlackAdder]

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President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he intends to let Russia attend the next Group of Seven summit.

Since 2014, Russia’s membership in the organization has been suspending in response to Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea. That changed the name from the G8 Summit to the G7 Summit.

The announcement came from pool reporter Gabby Orr of Politico, who said Trump will also invite South Korea, Australia and India to the next summit, which he is postponing until September.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-announces-he-has-unilaterally-decided-to-let-putin-back-into-the-g7-summit-report/

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[JI7]

1. isn't this cancelled ? They are going to do some virtual meeting instead ?

[leftieNanner]

2. And the other 6?

They may not show up. It's not his decision.

[MontanaMama]

3. Can he do that?

Is it up to him?

[The Magistrate]

7. No, Ma'am

It is not his decision. Should he insist on these invitees having a say in deliberations or declarations, he will simply wreck the conference, which is probably the intention. There is a great likelihood the conference will not take place at all in any case, certainly not as an assembly of leaders in one location.

[MontanaMama]

12. Thank you for the thoughtful

explanation. I for one am weary of that bloated mess getting his way all the time.

[scarletwoman]

4. Don't the other members get a say? (nt)

[abqtommy]

5. tRUMP is just listening to his master sPUTIN's voice...

[questionseverything]

16. exactly...everything trump does is to please putin

everything

[Totally Tunsie]

6. Merkel has already bowed out. n/t

[Blue_true]

18. Trump postponed it until September. I hope that date falls through also. nt

[Totally Tunsie]

19. Yes, of course. Thank you.

I had the sequence out of order. All better.

[Andy823]

8. Can he even do this

without the rest of the countries agreeing?

If he does this maybe it would only be the G2 meeting if nobody else should up!

[keithbvadu2]

9. He's really getting into this 'Total Authority' thing now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Can he unilaterally let him back in?

He can invite him but that doesn't automatically make him a member?

[sinkingfeeling]

11. So he runs G7 all by himself?

[Wounded Bear]

13. I'm pretty sure it was a unanimous vote to boot Russia out...

would take that to let them back in.

Trump is trying to destroy the concept of international cooperation. This is just another assault on it.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I have a feeling that pretty soon it's going to be the G6.

[notdarkyet]

15. He's forming his own g7 with his own choice of countries. I don't like the idea of them staying

At camp David. Can we make it off limits to Putin and the rest?

[Bev54]

17. It may become the G6

If the rest vote to kick the US out