Russia’s invasion has dominated previous meetings, but keeping President Trump happy was the focus at the gathering this week. Ukraine was largely shunted to the sidelines.
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Russia’s invasion has dominated previous meetings, but keeping President Trump happy was the focus at the gathering this week. Ukraine was largely shunted to the sidelines.
By Kim Barker
Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine
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The group has truncated its summit to focus on a 5% per-country spending target, something Trump supports, to avoid upsetting him.
An internal rift over defense spending and President Trump’s disregard for Ukraine have lowered expectations for the gathering.
The “why” is Russia. But at a summit focused on keeping President Trump happy, discussion of that is expected to be muted.
Trump has historically taken the Russian dictator’s side at G7 summits, and this year does not appear to be much different
