Trump announces he has unilaterally decided to let Putin back into the G7 Summit

[Recursion]

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

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.

[SunSeeker]

1. Putin calling in his favors...

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. What if he threw a Summit

And nobody that counts came.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Russia was suspended in 2014 after it annexed Crimea

How is this suddenly up to Trump??

[Recursion]

4. The host can traditionally invite other countries

But the idea is like how Macron invited the Seychelles and Djibouti: giving a couple of smaller countries a chance to punch above their weight for a minute.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Thanks!

And those smaller countries hadn't been previously suspended by the participating body.

[True Blue American]

6. Trump has already had to postpone the G7

To maybe September.

Merkel said No thanks. I wonder how many others planned to say no?

[Rhiannon12866]

7. If they object to Russia returning though it's under suspension, probably quite a few

Yet another example of "everything Trump touches dies."

[True Blue American]

8. I hope

They all do. Trump just wants the G7 as a Photo Op. They all know that

All the while 40 million people out of work, 102,000 dead, millions sick, protests and riots all over.

Yet in his foolish brain he thinks a splashy extravaganza, a privately funded space shot, him trying to take credit while threatening protesters with vicious dogs and unimaginable weapons is helping him.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Angela Merkel is also practicing "social distancing" from Trump, let's hope the others follow...

She's a leader, he's not.

Angela Merkel Practices Social Distancing by Staying Four Thousand Miles Away from Trump
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213511869

[True Blue American]

21. :)

Saw that!

I doubt the meeting will take place. Foreign Leaders are so sick of Trump they do not want to help him at all.

BTW,Trudeau said, no thanks,too. He put it politely,” I do not think I will be able to be there!”

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Let's hope it catches on!

But, of course, Trump invited Putin so he's probably hoping for a G2.

[Raven123]

10. Might have to rename it the G2 summit.

[dawg day]

11. He should invite China if he wants to expand

At least that is a real economic power. (I'm not for that, but at least it makes some sense compared to Russia.)

[2naSalit]

12. Nobody wants to come to his party...

Bet they all tell him to pack it up his wazzoo.

[Mc Mike]

13. No puppet. Also, no collusion.

[malaise]

14. International Law no longer exists

This started with Bush's torture memo

[Hortensis]

15. THIS as Putin continues Russian-abetted chaos to overset this election.

Putin bragged that they were doing it. Our intelligence services confirm it.

[Gothmog]

16. Putin is getting a great return on his investment in his puppet

[D_Master81]

17. Watch as it becomes the G2 meeting

If every other country doesn’t boycott shame on them.

[Cicada]

18. Angela would just say shut the fuk up Vladdy, you're out of your element

Just like John Goodman kept saying to Steve Buscemi in the Big Lebowski whenever Steve started to talk.

[Afromania]

19. I guess its going to be trump and putin and then putin will decline when nobody else is showing up.

[Doodley]

20. Putin is Trump's boss. It couldn't be more obvious.

[DSandra]

22. Trump doesn't even try to hide that he's an agent of Russia...

All the while that he’s helping Putin to destroy this country...

[Marrah_Goodman]

23. WHen you hold a G7/8 summit and no one else shows up...........

[struggle4progress]

24. GOP is the Gang of Putinists

[eppur_se_muova]

26. We need to drop the "G" for a "Q" ...

when no one shows up it'll be the Qnone Summit.