During the news conference with Carney, Trump repeatedly mentioned that Russia was thrown out of what used to be the G8 in 2014 - and blamed Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada was led by Stephen Harper at the time, not Trudeau. Trump called Russia's removal a "mistake".

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived for a G7 meeting in Canada with a range of pressing issues from the Israel-Iran conflict to trade to try to figure out with his counterparts from around the world.