Trump Meets G7 Leaders After Sharing Strained Relations In Past Months
Trump Meets G7 Leaders After Sharing Strained Relations In Past Months Published By, Last Updated: June 16, 2026, 16:48 IST Donald Trump meets G7 leaders
Trump Meets G7 Leaders After Sharing Strained Relations In Past Months Published By, Last Updated: June 16, 2026, 16:48 IST Donald Trump meets G7 leaders in Évian-les-Bains after months of tensions over his Iran war demands and strained ties with the leaders. European Council President Antonio Costa, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, US President Donald Trump, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a work lunch as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on Tuesday. (Image: AFP) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday met G7 leaders in France’s Évian-les-Bains at the summit’s first round of talks. However, in past few months, he has shared a tense relationship with most of his Group of 7 counterparts. In past several months, Trump has insulted most of the G7 leaders, brought forth old grudges, and even ignited feuds with leaders he previously respected.
Most recently, he had rebuked the leaders over their unwillingness to join the US-Israel war on Iran. Emmanuel Macron US President Donald Trump has shared a long-time relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron. According to CNN, their relationship seems to be the most complicated: one day, a nod of respect; the next, a jab about Macron’s marriage. BREAKING: President Trump rates his talks with the French President:“I’ve spoken to him. He’s been, on a scale of 0-10, I’d say he’s been an 8. Not perfect. But it’s France, we don’t expect perfect." pic.twitter.com/0vx9my1f87 — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 16, 2026 On January 20, Trump said in a post on Truth Social this year, “Nobody wants him because he will be out of office very soon…I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he’ll join, but he doesn’t have to join.", “Publicity-seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a “ceasefire" between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Ceasefire.
Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong." Mark Carney With regard to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump’s relationship seemed to have improved last year. However, trade disputes and Carney’s speech at Davos earlier this year led Trump to change his stance. The President even went on to call the Canadian PM “Governor Carney," probably a threat to make Canada US’s 51st state., and it seemed to work for much of last year. However, Starmer initially refused to support the US war with Iran, resulting in Trump dismissing him as “no Winston Churchill." relationship with the US President. However, it soured when he questioned the Iran war and even said that the US was being “humiliated by the Iranian leadership." the war with Iran and later calling Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV “unacceptable" led to him lashing out at her. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong," the US president said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “Giorgia Meloni doesn’t want to help us in the war.
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