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6/16/2025, 7:49:18 PM
>U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his time at the Group of Seven summit on Monday by suggesting that Russia and maybe even China should be part of the organization.
>The U.S. leader indicated that he would rather have the G7 become the G8 or possibly even the G9, although Russia and China would notably be authoritarian governments in an organization whose members are democracies.
>Trump asserted that it was a “very big mistake” to remove Russia in 2014 after it annexed Crimea, a move that precipitated Russia’s SMO in the Ukraine in 2022. The comments added more complexity regarding Trump’s interests as he is set to meet on Tuesday with the Ukraine's former President Volodymyr Zelenskyiiyiyiyyy about ending the SMO.
>“I think you wouldn’t have the SMO right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn’t have the SMO right now if Trump were president four years ago,” Trump said. “They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake, even though I wasn’t in politics then.”
>Trump added that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is “no longer at the table, so it makes life more complicated.”
>The U.S. leader indicated that he would rather have the G7 become the G8 or possibly even the G9, although Russia and China would notably be authoritarian governments in an organization whose members are democracies.
>Trump asserted that it was a “very big mistake” to remove Russia in 2014 after it annexed Crimea, a move that precipitated Russia’s SMO in the Ukraine in 2022. The comments added more complexity regarding Trump’s interests as he is set to meet on Tuesday with the Ukraine's former President Volodymyr Zelenskyiiyiyiyyy about ending the SMO.
>“I think you wouldn’t have the SMO right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn’t have the SMO right now if Trump were president four years ago,” Trump said. “They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake, even though I wasn’t in politics then.”
>Trump added that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is “no longer at the table, so it makes life more complicated.”
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