President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.

The G7 used to be the G8,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters in Kananaskis, Alberta, where Canada is currently hosting a meeting of G7 leaders. “Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in.

An American citizen was among 15 people killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight as Vladimir Putin once again displayed his contempt for peace and international diplomacy.President Donald Trump urged world leaders at the G7 summit in Canada on Monday to allow Russia back into the major power grouping,

Trump claimed the Ukraine war wouldn't have occurred if Russia had remained in the G8, sparking criticism for overlooking Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough wondered why President Donald Trump keeps letting Russian President Vladimir Putin embarrass him on the world stage. The U.S. president made historically inaccurate claims to argue in favor of readmitting Russia back into the Group of Seven,

Speaking during a press briefing with Canadian PM Mark Carney on June 16, ahead of the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Trump stated that Moscow should never have been excluded from G8 after the invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to assert that it had been a big mistake to expel Russia from the Group of Eight in 2014, but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless" now.

Moscow has intensified attacks after Ukraine carried out a bold operation against warplanes at air bases inside Russian territory. The Russian Army carried out a new massive attack on several regions of Ukraine on Monday night,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was scheduled to meet with President Trump, who left the summit early to focus on Israel’s clash with Iran.