Quebec City — President Donald Trump broadsided his allies and upended a Group of Seven meeting just as it wound up — disavowing a joint statement the US had agreed to, lashing out at Canada’s Justin Trudeau and ratcheting up trade tensions. Trump fired off a pair of tweets several hours after leaving the summit in Canada to fly to Singapore for another on North Korea. Trudeau and other leaders had given closing press conferences and announced a US-backed joint G7 statement. Minutes after that statement was published online, Trump complained about comments made by Trudeau and revoked his support. "I have instructed our US Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the US Market!," Trump tweeted Saturday evening, saying he was responding to Trudeau. "Very dishonest & weak," he said of the Canadian leader.
"Very dishonest & weak," Trump tweeted about the Canadian leader...
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