Trump postpones G7 Summit: “Doesn’t properly represent” the wold

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President Donald Trump announced that the annual G7 Summit will be postponed, after wanting to have it in June, and expand the number of countries invited.

The G7 is a nickname for an annual meeting with seven countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States that discuss global matters. The meeting was originally scheduled for June.

Trump spoke with Reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington from The Kennedy Space Center, Trump said the G7 format had a “very outdated group of countries.”

The president said South Korea, Australia, Russia, and India should be invited.

“I’m postponing it because I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world,” Trump said.

Mr. Trump announced that a new date has not been decided, but suggested September, around the time of the annual United Nations meeting.

Previously, Trump suggested holding the annual meeting in Washington, D.C., at the presidential retreat Camp David. However, world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied the invitation, because of the risk of the coronavirus pandemic.

Now that our Country is “Transitioning back to Greatness”, I am considering rescheduling the G-7, on the same or similar date, in Washington, D.C., at the legendary Camp David. The other members are also beginning their COMEBACK. It would be a great sign to all - normalization!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2020