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 give attention to the battle within the Center East, the White Home mentioned.
Commerce points had been anticipated to be a significant focus on the summit within the Canadian Rockies. However as a substitute, 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 photograph’ with the opposite leaders. “You in all probability see what I see,” Trump mentioned. “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 evening after a working dinner with the G7 leaders, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned on social media.
President Trump talks to reporters on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, throughout a ‘household photograph 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 mentioned. “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 needed to see regime change in Iran, Trump mentioned: “I need to see no nuclear weapon in Iran, and we’re nicely on our method to ensuring that occurs.”
Trump informed reporters that Iran has despatched messages by means of intermediaries that it desires to deescalate the battle with Israel.
“They’d like to speak, however they need to have achieved that earlier than,” Trump mentioned.
“They need to make a deal. And it is painful for each events, however I would say Iran isn’t profitable this struggle, and they need to discuss and they need to discuss instantly earlier than it is too late,” Trump mentioned.
Stefan Kornelius, a spokesman for the German authorities, informed reporters touring with Trump that different G7 leaders had been attempting to craft a joint assertion on the Center East — however that it will be “as much as the American aspect” to determine whether or not that assertion would come to fruition.
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