President Trump Will Leave The G-7 Summit Early, Sparking Concerns

The G-7 summit is going down in Canada this weekend, and President Trump made some interesting remarks ahead of his departure.

For starters, he said Russia, which was kicked out back in 2014, should be back in:

"Why are we having a meeting without Russia? I would recommend, and it is up to them, but Russia should be in the meeting," President Trump says of G7 summit. "They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table." https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/7lB7RSNZaf

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

He also remarked on…

Anthony Bourdain’s death:

President Trump on death of Anthony Bourdain: "I want to extend to his family my heartfelt condolences." https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/CHX2wmCW1n

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

Unfair trade practices:

"We are going to deal with the unfair trade practices. If you look what Canada, Mexico, the European Union, what all of them have been doing to us for many decades, we have to change it," President Trump says https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/ulUkgccIKw

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

Preparation:

“I said I've been preparing all my life. I always believe in preparation. But I have been preparing all my life,” President Trump says. "These one-week preparations, they don't work. Just ask Hillary [Clinton] — what happened to her in the debates." https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/iJ65SfOI7h

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

Pardoning Muhammad Ali:

President Trump says he is considering pardoning Muhammad Ali: "I'm thinking about that very seriously." https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/VtYEB5Txh5

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

And Scott Pruitt:

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt "is being attacked very viciously by the press. I'm not saying that he is blameless but we'll see what happens," President Trump says https://t.co/gPokHDkAxK pic.twitter.com/8YlHKoGeUX

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2018

All the while there’s this.

Word has it Trump is going to leave the summit a few hours early. What’s he going to miss, you ask? Oh, you know. Just some stupid climate change sessions.

Some speculate that this has something to do with his Twitter spat with Trudeau and Macron.

President Donald Trump plans to depart from this weekend’s Group of 7 summit in Canada several hours early, the White House announced Thursday, punctuating an explosion of acrimony between Trump and his foreign counterparts on the eve of the talks.

The White House said Trump would depart mid-morning on Saturday, skipping sessions on climate change and the environment. An aide will take his place, the White House said.

The announcement came as Trump engaged in a bitter back-and-forth with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over Twitter, both of whom he’ll meet face-to-face on Friday.

This should definitely be interesting to follow.