Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Receiving a nod of approval from Trump, Carney then cut the session off early.
"If you don’t mind," Carney said, "I’m going to exercise my role if you will as G7 chair, since we have a few more minutes with the president and his team, and then we actually have to start the meeting to address some of the big issues. So thank you."
Trump had reminded reporters that the G7 summit used to be the G8 until Obama and Trudeau pushed out Russia. Russia’s membership was suspended following the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
"That was a mistake because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia, and you wouldn't have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago," Trump told reporters. "But it didn't work out that way."
"It was a mistake in that you spend so much time talking about Russia. He's no longer at the table, so it makes life more complicated," Trump said of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "But you wouldn't have had the war. And, other than that, I think we're going to accomplish a lot, and I expect to, and I think our primary focus would be trade and trade with Canada, and I'm sure we can work something out."
President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump further addressed the fallout of nixing Russia from the summit. Other than the U.S. and Canada, the remaining G7 countries are the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
"Putin speaks to me, he doesn't speak to anybody else. He doesn't want to talk because he was very insulted when he got thrown out of the G8, as I would be, as you would be, as anybody would be, is very insulting," Trump said.
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Trump, however, suggested it might be too late to include Russia now, given Putin's 2022 large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"I'm not saying he should at this point, because too much water has gone over the dam, maybe," Trump said. "But, it was a big mistake. Obama didn't want them and the head of your country, the proud head of your country, didn't want him. This was a big mistake. You wouldn't have that war."
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
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