Reports: Trump requests National Security Council meetingーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
the White House has said President Trump will leave the G7 summit early and return to Washington because of the situation in the Middle East I wish I could stay for tomorrow but they understand this is this is big stuff Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’s very grateful for Trump’s presence and he fully understands his situation The group of seven members kicked off their two-day summit on Monday Trump is set to skip the second day The leaders have been discussing how to tackle the global economic outlook and US tariff measures in the mountain resort of Canonascus in Alberta Ahead of the summit Carney met with Trump telling him that the G7 is nothing without US leadership many issues uh geopolitics economic technology um and working hand in hand with the United States uh Canada and the United States um and uh the other G7 partners uh with your leadership Something that Trump said their talks will primarily focus on trade I think we have different concepts I have a tariff concept and Mark has a different concept which is something that some people like But uh we’re going to see if we can get to the bottom of it today The G7 is unlikely to issue a joint communicate this year Instead Canada is planning to compile outcome documents on individual themes NHK World’s Sarah S rather Sarah Aoyagi is in Canada following the summit She delves into Trump’s decision to cut short his trip and a meeting of security officials he’s reportedly requested Amid the fighting in the Middle East there was quite the commotion at the International Media Center when the news broke Trump had expressed an intention to deal with the fighting between Israel and Iran as soon as he leaves Canada But it appears that few officials thought he would leave early Multiple US news outlets report Trump has requested a meeting of the National Security Council in the White House Details are scarce but the group has some major high-level figures including the defense secretary Secretary of State and senior military officials His sudden departure on the summit’s first day will definitely put a damper on efforts by countries that have been struggling to unite the G7 That said many are now wondering what was so serious for Trump to decide to leave so suddenly Sarah Aoyagi and HK
The US President has decided to cut short his trip to the Group of Seven summit in Canada. As NHK World’s Sarah Aoyagi explains, Donald Trump has reportedly asked US security officials to meet amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Iran.
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