Trump puts America first at the G7: The president ditches the charm as he stands his ground on climate change, trade and refugees and insists he'll do

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• Donald Trump resisted concerted action on climate change and migrants at G7
• Trump wants to 'throw out' a plan of a migrants' rights pact from the Italian hosts
• He also told other leaders that he has not yet decided on the Paris climate pledge
• G7's final statement will be six pages when released, it was 32 pages last year

 

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After starting his first presidential trip abroad wreathed in smiles, US leader Donald Trump is ending it with an uncompromising position and rebukes at the G7 summit.


G7 nations risk unprecedented deadlock after Trump resisted concerted action on hot-button issues such as climate change and migrant rights on Saturday.


An enduring motif of the G7, which represents the lion's share of global economic output, has been to champion free trade.


However Trump on was said to be reluctant to compromise with European leaders over several key issues that prompted European council president, Donald Tusk, to admit that the meeting would be the most challenging in years on Friday.


A draft statement from the summit, seen by the Guardian, shows that Trump wanted world leaders to make little mention of migration and that he wanted a plan by the Italian hosts for a comprehensive five-page statement that acknowledges migrants' rights to be thrown out.

 

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Donald Trump arrives for a working session with outreach countries and international organizations at the G7 Summit on Saturday


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Trump gestures while being flanked by Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi, left, and Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou

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Saturday marks the last leg of Trump's European tour

The Italian plans – one on human movement and another on food security – were set to be the centrepiece of its summit diplomacy.


Italy had chosen Taormina in Sicily as the venue of the meeting to symbolise the world's concern over the plight of refugees coming from the Middle East and Africa.


In addition to casting doubts on migrants, Trump told his fellow G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Friday that he had not yet decided whether or not to endorse the Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

 

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'His basis for decision ultimately will be what's best for the United States,' top economic advisor Gary Cohn said at the annual talks in Sicily.
Cohn was referring to whether Trump will execute his threat to walk away from the Paris accord on combatting climate change.
But his language also summarises the 'America First' platform that elevated the property tycoon to victory in last year's presidential election.
That means the G7 is unlikely also to reprise its oft-used terminology against protectionism, after Trump in Brussels this week reportedly described the Germans as 'bad, very bad' in their trade practices.
The club of leading democracies also looks set to fall short of last year's declaration on refugees and migration - the sort of language that is anathema to a White House that wants to impose a ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries.

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde

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Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (centre) with Lagarde and Trudeau as they attend a round table meeting of G7 leaders and Outreach partners at the Hotel San Domenico

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French President Emmanuel Macron (right) speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Christine Lagarde (centre)

It is a measure of the gulf that this year's Italian hosts say they expect the final statement to come in at just six pages when it is released on Saturday afternoon - down from 32 pages last year.


The summit did find common ground on Friday in endorsing a British call urging internet service providers and social media companies to crack down on jihadist content online, after 22 people were killed in a Manchester concert bombing in northwest England this week.


The G7, urged on by Japan, will also adopt common language against North Korea after a series of missile tests by the nuclear-armed nation.


The Group of Seven nations also made progress in negotiations on trade, notably on the issue of multilateralism, a French presidential source said on Saturday, suggesting there has been some softening in the United States' protectionist stance.


The leaders have been wrangling on the wording of a final communique since Friday with international trade and climate change the main stumbling blocks.


'The discussions on trade are making substantial progress, notably on the issue of multilateralism,' a French presidential source said.

 

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Read more:

• Trump set to clash with other G7 leaders over refugees, trade and climate | World news | The Guardian

 

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I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!

 

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Someone needs to explain to this clown that as "commander in chief" of the world's most indebted, nation he really doesn't have the leverage he thinks he does, 19 Trillion?! omg wtf

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-countries-that-have-the-most-debt-in-2017-580927/11/

 

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Embarrassing