The 2026 G7 Summit: Unity on Paper, Friction in Person
Inside the 2026 G7 summit in Évian: the Trump-Meloni photo feud, key outcomes on Ukraine, Iran, and China, and the case for engaging Russia and China.
Inside the 2026 G7 summit in Évian: the Trump-Meloni photo feud, key outcomes on Ukraine, Iran, and China, and the case for engaging Russia and China.
Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has called Canada “one of the nastiest countries to deal with,” threatened to leave NATO, ambushed South Africa’s president with debunked conspiracy theories, and turned on even his closest European ally, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni. Meanwhile, he has flown to Beijing to toast Xi Jinping as “a great leader” and defended Putin’s war aims as positions he personally “understands.” This is the fully sourced record — date by date, quote by quote.