Trump upends G-7 summit, derides Trudeau as ‘weak’
LA MALBAIE, Quebec — President Trump threw the G-7 summit into disarray Saturday, tweeting that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “dishonest & weak” and that the U.S. is pulling back its endorsement of the group’s communique in part because of what he called Trudeau’s “false statements” at a news conference.
In an extraordinary set of tweets aboard Air Force One, on his way to Singapore for next week’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Trump lashed out just as Canada released the G-7’s official communique. Its statement took a generally positive view of the leaders’ positions on trade matters while acknowledging tensions with the U.S.