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G7 Summit 2018: Donald Trump has felt the diplomatic heat during G7 Summit 2018 in Canada when global leaders purportedly confronted the US President. Leading the charge German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen at the forefront looking at Trump assertively with arms planted on a table, as the US president sits with his arms folded as world leaders surrounded them. The iconic photo, which has gone viral, was captured by German government photographer Jesco Denzel and released by Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert, according to reports.
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In this photograph German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen talking to President Donald Trump during the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec.
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Apart from Merkel and Trump, there were US national security adviser John Bolton, Japanese senior deputy minister for foreign affairs Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese deputy chief cabinet secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura, French president Emmanuel Macron, UK prime minister Theresa May and Director of the US National Economic Council Larry Kudlow.
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Donald Trump also tweeted "the european union had a $151 billion surplus-should pay much more for military!"
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and G7 leaders Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Donald Trump discuss the joint statement following a breakfast meeting on the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country will host next year's summit in summer in the Atlantic resort of Biarritz, had no comment on Trump's tweets but had already said work would continue to find a consensus on trade.
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France has warned that "fits of anger" could not dictate international cooperation after US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected a joint statement agreed after a bad-tempered G7 summit in Canada. "International cooperation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks," President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement to AFP, adding that reneging on the commitments agreed in the statement showed "incoherence and inconsistency."
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US President Donald Trump's revocation of support for a joint communique with other leaders at the G7 summit was "sobering and a little depressing," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today. "It's hard, it's depressing this time, but that's not the end" of the Group of Seven, she said in a rare one-on-one interview with ARD public television.
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US President Donald Trump dramatically withdrew his endorsement of a joint statement at the end of a G7 summit in a row over trade, accusing the summit's chairman Justin Trudeau of dishonesty. "Based on Justin's false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive tariffs to our US farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our US Reps not to endorse the Communique," Trump said in tweet sent from on board Air Force One.
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the final news conference of the G7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec.
