For the second time in two days, President Trump called for Russia to be let back into the G-7.
Russia was kicked out of the global summit over its invasion of Ukraine. But Trump, who has asserted a decisively pro-Russia posture, said Saturday at the G-7 in Canada that it would be an “asset to have Russia back in.”
“This used to be the G-8, not the G-7, and something happened a while ago where Russia is no longer in,” Trump told reporters. “I think it would be an asset to have Russia back in. I think it would be good for the world. I think it would be good for Russia. I think it would be good for the United States. I think it would be good for all of the countries of the current G-7. I think the G-8 would be better. I think having Russia back in would be a positive thing. We’re looking for peace in the world, we’re not looking to play games.”
"I think it would be an asset to have Russia back in [the G-7]. I think it would be good for the world," President Trump says. "We are looking for peace in the world. We are not looking to play games." https://t.co/syywHUMwLG pic.twitter.com/7rycoVVA78
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 9, 2018
Before leaving the White House Friday to travel to the summit, Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the group. Trump boasted that he had been Russia’s “biggest nightmare,” but that the country should have a seat at the negotiating table.
Speaking about Russia’s military incursion in Crimea, a peninsula that was part of Ukraine, Trump on Saturday blamed President Obama for the annexation.
“He was the one who let Crimea get away … Crimea was let go during the Obama administration. Obama can say all he wants. He allowed Russia to take Crimea. I may have had a much different attitude,” Trump said.
"You know, Obama can say all he wants, but he allowed Russia to take Crimea. I may have had a much different attitude," President Trump says on allowing Russia back into G-7 https://t.co/syywHUMwLG pic.twitter.com/eyuUXoaLiC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 9, 2018
25th Amendment.
It would be an asset . . . to me.
Obama did do something. Kicked them out of g8 and place sanctions that seem to be a problem for them. They can release the countries and solve the problem they created.
Otherwise, Trump would have complained at the time if obama had “done anything”.
Josh is right about this. It’s walking like a duck, it’s quacking like a duck, it sure as hell is a duck.
I never really appreciated the word flabbergasted before I started reading what comes out of Trumps orifices.