Trump wants Russia back into the G7 – will denuclearization follow?

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Donald Trump calls for Russia to return to the G-7 and announces new tariffs on imports to address trade imbalances.

Trump wants Russia back into the G7 – will denuclearization follow?

In a surprising move, US President Donald Trump has called for Russia to be readmitted to the G-7 group of leading Western economies. According to Trump, the continuation of this group, which included Russia as the G-8 from 2002 to 2014, may have prevented Russia from invading Ukraine in 2022. Trump believes talks with Russia and China on nuclear disarmament are crucial. “I think it would have been very helpful and would still be helpful if Russia was part of the group,” he said at the White House in Washington, emphasizing the need to reduce military spending. He expressed the desire to meet both individually with Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and to discuss disarmament in a joint group oe24 reports.

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