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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,437 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:57 PM Thursday

Trump Just Got Some Bad News Before the G7 Conference

Trump’s chaotic, spite-filled policies on trade and aid have led traditional allies to look elsewhere and form stronger ties among themselves.

The New York Times reports that traditional allies like Japan, Britain, Canada, France, and others are working more closely together as they look to build an alliance system without the United States. These new alliances are already yielding results. Canada, Britain, and the EU just made a $170 billion defense deal. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Norway just placed significant sanctions on two far-right Israeli Cabinet members. The deals made in recent weeks demonstrate the erosion of U.S. diplomatic legitimacy that Trump’s shirking of traditional Western order has caused—a troubling message, as the G7 summit is just days away.

“These are countries that share the broad policy goal of predictable, rules-based international affairs—obviously a goal that is no longer shared by the Trump administration,” Peterson Institute for International Economics senior fellow Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, told the Times. “America first means America first,” he added, “even if it means America more alone.”

G7 organizers have planned various meetings without the United States, as Trump will arrive at the summit at odds on trade and tariffs with essentially every other leader there. “Should we, in some ways, talk about a G6-plus-one?” Kirkegaard said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-just-got-bad-news-165941695.html

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Trump Just Got Some Bad News Before the G7 Conference (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
This message was self-deleted by its author generalbetrayus Thursday #1
I'm hoping that my birth country Old Crank Thursday #2
I feel the same about my birth country DavidDvorkin Thursday #26
That would be good also Old Crank Friday #28
Labour seems to be hoping for a soft, partial rejoining DavidDvorkin Friday #29
Surprise, surprise. Nobody likes trump... Wounded Bear Thursday #3
I have a standing invitation from my late wife's family to move to NZ rickford66 Thursday #4
Go nwliberalkiwi Thursday #21
Wonderful people and environment. Great memories. rickford66 Thursday #27
G6 + 1. He is destroying our country. ratchiweenie Thursday #5
Just as we all thought and expected. ananda Thursday #6
Indictment of Donald Trump - Statement from Charlie Angus - The Resistance - Ottawa, Canada Amaryllis Thursday #7
That's the way it should be now given that Don the Con has separated us from our allies. n/t iluvtennis Thursday #8
DJT should be relabeled as FAFO lol nt Javaman Thursday #9
Not jut Trump. The US got bad news. progressoid Thursday #10
Right, we suffer... Chemical Bill Thursday #17
COLD SHOULDER Canada Kid Thursday #11
Is he going to cause more chaos in California that Bev54 Thursday #12
Has someone explained to TSF and made him understand that no_hypocrisy Thursday #13
And Great News for Democracy Around Cha Thursday #14
what's next?! Removal of the US from G7 and WTO? AlexSFCA Thursday #15
Yes niyad Thursday #20
IT's not just trade. It's intel sharing, foreign policy, values, character ... who of the G7 would want to work with US Amaryllis Thursday #16
Decades of diplomacy and co-operation undone in less than 6 months. niyad Thursday #18
Not To Worry MissouriDem47 Thursday #19
He will be the one pushed back and ignored as irrelevant. kimbutgar Thursday #24
Ahh, Putins plan going as expected. LiberalArkie Thursday #22
Things are going to get a lot worst in the US and we will become a pariah nation kimbutgar Thursday #23
Donny said, "I'll take my ball and go home" and everyone else on the playground said, "OK". tanyev Thursday #25

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Old Crank

(5,757 posts)
28. That would be good also
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:35 AM
Friday

Labour has taken some baby steps in that direction. At least on some trade, defence and crime issues.

DavidDvorkin

(20,206 posts)
29. Labour seems to be hoping for a soft, partial rejoining
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:32 AM
Friday

Unfortunately, they lack the courage to be open and forthright about it.

Wounded Bear

(62,164 posts)
3. Surprise, surprise. Nobody likes trump...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:41 PM
Thursday


It'll take decades to recover from what trump has done to us internationally. Putin must be so proud.

rickford66

(5,884 posts)
4. I have a standing invitation from my late wife's family to move to NZ
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:45 PM
Thursday

If my wife were alive today, I know she'd want to move back. If I can sell my house next year I may at least take a long vacation over there.

nwliberalkiwi

(402 posts)
21. Go
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:50 PM
Thursday

We lived and worked in New Zealand. If we could we would move back to NZ and stay forever.

rickford66

(5,884 posts)
27. Wonderful people and environment. Great memories.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:09 PM
Thursday

I miss the fish and chips but not the beetroot on burgers.

ananda

(32,145 posts)
6. Just as we all thought and expected.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:50 PM
Thursday

Trump is not going to be dealing with countries
who have enough sense to form their own alliances.

Canada Kid

(217 posts)
11. COLD SHOULDER
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:08 PM
Thursday

This would be an ideal moment for all G6 members to ignore Trump and do no talks or dealings with him...and threaten to do so as long as any tariffs remain in place. A total shutout of the US would send out a very loud message to the American people...that you are all left out of the world as long as you have a president and an administration of this nature in position.

Bev54

(12,518 posts)
12. Is he going to cause more chaos in California that
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:32 PM
Thursday

“Will require him to stay in US”? I can see him looking for a way out of coming to the meeting. He is not going to get any warm welcome from Canadians or leaders of other countries.

no_hypocrisy

(51,850 posts)
13. Has someone explained to TSF and made him understand that
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:48 PM
Thursday

if the U.S. is locked out of trade, no tariffs of any import can be collected?

Amaryllis

(10,466 posts)
16. IT's not just trade. It's intel sharing, foreign policy, values, character ... who of the G7 would want to work with US
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:09 PM
Thursday

Let in Ukraine and kick out US.

MissouriDem47

(179 posts)
19. Not To Worry
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:30 PM
Thursday

Last edited Fri Jun 13, 2025, 02:48 PM - Edit history (1)

TACO will push anyone out of the way to be in the middle and in first line of any group picture.

kimbutgar

(25,328 posts)
24. He will be the one pushed back and ignored as irrelevant.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:06 PM
Thursday

The whinny baby will then announce a state visit to Russia to be glorified and mocked behind his back.

kimbutgar

(25,328 posts)
23. Things are going to get a lot worst in the US and we will become a pariah nation
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:04 PM
Thursday

I hope this leads to major downfall of the taco Hitler and the oligarchs get burned and lose money when G7 countries won’t do business with them.

Taco Hitler will be Benedict Arnold, Robert E Lee, other despots of our era!

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