Trump: 'There would be no war' if Russia were in G8

[AZProgressive]

KANANASKIS, Alberta — “The G7 used to be the G8,” Donald Trump mused after a bilateral meeting with host Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies.

Standing next to a mute Carney on Monday, the U.S. president blamed his predecessor, Barack Obama, and previous Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for dropping Russia from the alliance over its 2014 invasion of the Crimean peninsula.

“Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in. And I would say that was a mistake because you wouldn’t have a war right now,” he said of Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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Contrary to Trump’s claim, it was actually former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper who helped boot Putin from the G8. Several months after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, Harper confronted Putin at a private leaders’ retreat ahead of the G20 summit in Australia.

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-donald-trump-no-war-russia-g8-g7-putin/

[marble falls]

1. Bull Shit, TACO. Their status with the G7 hasn't a thing to with why they stepped into year three of a four day war.

[Deuxcents]

2. Could he just once stfu? He doesn't even know what he's talking about

[Johonny]

3. It turns out, Russia not a big economy

And isn't really missed.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Yeah, they were never a Top 8 economy in the world...

California has a larger economy than Russia.

[B.See]

4. Putin's little b------

What a fk DISGRACE.

[moondust]

5. Ridiculous garbage.

Russia's membership was suspended in March 2014 in response to its annexation of Crimea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G7

[C_U_L8R]

6. Does he even know why Russia was expelled from the G8?

What a complete dumbass.

[ananda]

7. I couldn't believe nobody challenged him on this...

not Carney and not the press.

That really pissed me off.

[OnDoutside]

10. It's so frustrating.

[sakabatou]

8. Dump would let Russia keep all of Ukraine next

[Lovie777]

9. Bullshit....,

[bluestarone]

11. Never say it couldn't get any worse, because

EVERYDAY with these unholy bastards, it continues to get worse. EVERYDAY!!!!

[Clouds Passing]

12. Ruzzia's whore! Isn't it wholly obvious by now?