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Merkel serves Trump cool - he opens a new barrel and promptly collects the next removal

2020-06-03T14:33:55.949Z


US President Donald Trump catches a basket from Chancellor Angela Merkel. He wanted to invite her to the G7 summit - and now gets the next rejection.


US President Donald Trump catches a basket from Chancellor Angela Merkel. He wanted to invite her to the G7 summit - and now gets the next rejection.

  • Donald Trump is targeting a real G7 summit in the U.S. despite the corona pandemic .
  • The heads of state and government are scheduled to meet in Washington in June.
  • The US president has now received the first rejection from Germany - he is planning a new format for a later meeting and the return of Russia. But in Moscow there is a slow response to the offer.

Update of June 1, 8:50 p.m .: US President Donald Trump also gets a damper on his G7 plans from the northern neighboring country : Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his reaction recalled that because of Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, the G8 Format with Russia no longer exist. Since then, Russia has continued to lack "respect" and respect for international rules - "and therefore Russia remains outside the G7 and that will not change," Trudeau said at a press conference in Ottawa. His country would continue to "work on the details of its G7 summit" with the United States.

Trump causes a stir with G7 plans - phone call to Putin on Monday

Update from June 1, 8:15 p.m .: Donald Trump wants to change the G7 summit - and bring Russia back to the table. Alleged connections to Russia had long burdened Trump. On Monday, he called his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin "in an extended group", as became known in the evening. But the Kremlin continues to send no clear signals about the US President's new move. 

After the telephone call, the Russian side said that the importance of activating the dialogue between Moscow and Washington had been emphasized . This is important in the area of ​​"strategic stability" and "confidence measures in the military field". No further details have been disclosed. No further details have been disclosed. The phone call between Putin and Trump was "constructive, factual and substantive". Contacts at various levels should continue, it said. 

The Kremlin chief also congratulated Trump on the successful flight of the manned "Crew Dragon" to the ISS space station at the weekend.

G7 summit despite Corona: Trump will take another cold shower - this time from Russia

Update June 1, 13:37: After US President Donald Trump a summit G7 participation of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on proposed major industrial nations Russia sees now plenty of need for clarification . "At the moment we don't know any details of this proposal," said Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskow of the agency Interfax on Monday, adding: "There are many questions here." 

Among other things, it is open in what capacity Russia should be invited, what agenda there is and who is invited at all. Peskow emphasized that Putin was fundamentally a supporter of dialogue in every respect. At the same time, the spokesman made it clear that there are other formats for the discussion of current international problems, such as the G20 of the leading industrialized nations and emerging countries. 

Trump's G7 invitation - but Russia doesn't want to ally itself with the United States against China

Moscow commentators said Russia would never join an anti-China faction in world politics that Trump might have planned. This year's G7 host Trump wants to postpone the summit originally planned for June to September and invite other countries to do so. Earlier, the US president's earlier move to return Russia to the other six participating countries had been rejected. 

The background is that Russia was excluded from the group in 2014 after the annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea . The EU and the US also introduced sanctions that are still in force today. 

Update of May 31, 5:53 p.m .: Norbert Röttgen , the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Bundestag, also condemned Donald Trump's G7 plans with harsh words. "The actions of the American President Trump with regard to the G7 summit are unacceptable in form and content," said the dpa CDU politician

Röttgen stated: "Neither the composition nor the scheduling of the meeting of the leading western industrialized countries are subject to Mr. Trump's personal inclinations or election campaign considerations."

Meeting in corona crisis? Russia is reacting cautiously to Trump's G7 proposal

Update of May 31, 4:24 p.m .: Donald Trump's G7 advance  * is being received with restraint in Moscow. The  US president had proposed that Russia participate in the summit of the major industrialized nations. Russia is ready for any format of dialogue, but only on an equal footing with other participants, the foreign politician Dmitry Kosachev said  to the agency  Interfax

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Federation Council continued: "A place as a spectator doesn't suit Russia." Above all, Russia now expects details of the initiative to decide whether to participate.

G7 rejection: Merkel serves Trump cold - the US President responds defiantly

Update from May 31, 2020, 2:15 p.m .: After Merkel's rejection, Trump now wants to invite another guest to the G7 summit. He thinks the format is "very outdated" and wants to turn the G7 into a G10 or G11. Among other things, Russia's head of state Vladimir Putin is said to be among those invited - he also thinks of India, South Korea and Australia. 

Speaking to journalists on board Air Force One, he said that the G7 meeting did not correctly reflect "what's happening in the world." As of the time, he said the meeting could take place in September or "I'll do it in November." the election "- this is probably an allusion to the fact that he is firmly based on his re-election.

G7: Chancellor Merkel serves Trump ice cold because of Corona: "Some now believe ..."

First report of May 30, 2020: Berlin / Washington - US President Donald Trump is repeatedly criticized for his corona policy. Now the Republican has ventured the next tricky maneuver - inviting you to a physical G7 summit. Almost immediately he received a basket from Germany for his plans.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is unlikely to fly to the US for the planned G7 summit in June . "The Chancellor thanks President Trump for his invitation to the G7 summit. As of today, given the overall pandemic situation, she cannot promise her personal participation, ie a trip to Washington, ”said a government spokesman in Berlin on Saturday.

Merkel will "keep a close eye on the development of the corona pandemic ," said the spokesman. Accordingly, the 65-year-old made a phone call to Donald Trump *. First, the US magazine Politico , citing government spokesman Steffen Seibert, reported on the cancellation.

Despite Corona, Trump invites to the G7 summit: Merkel does not want to fly to the United States

The Chancellor's decision fits her recent comments perfectly. Germany has so far passed the “test” Corona , Merkel said in her weekly video message published on Saturday . "We all together, an overwhelming majority of the people in our country, have been guided by caution, reason and responsibility for others." "We saved a lot. Our joint achievement is what fortunately we didn't do. ”

At the same time, Merkel * warned against underestimating the risks . “Some people now believe that because the great mass suffering has not occurred, the danger has never been so great. What a mistake! ”A look at friendly countries shows what could have happened - this could mean, in addition to EU countries such as Italy, France or Spain, the USA. The Chancellor also received praise for her corona policy from a well-known doctor on Saturday.

G7 summit in Washington: Donald Trump plans real meeting despite corona pandemic

In March, the White House had already announced that due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus *, the summit could not be held in Trump's Camp David estate, but had to be replaced by a video conference by the heads of state and government of the seven most important industrialized countries. But meanwhile, US President Trump * is targeting a real G7 summit in late June .

According to Trump *, his country is already recovering from the pandemic * so that the summit can take place, but  "primarily" in the White House in Washington . A summit with the personal participation of the heads of state and government would be "a great sign of the normalization of everyone," said the 73-year-old.

SPD MEP Tiemo Wölken celebrates Chancellor Merkel's rejection: "Great"

Great. https://t.co/IS8HamK9Fq

- Tiemo Wölken (@woelken) May 30, 2020

Merkel does not travel to the G7 summit in Washington - USA most severely affected by corona pandemic

The United States is the most severely affected by the corona pandemic worldwide. More than 1.7 million infections have already been detected there , and more than 102,000 infected people have died . According to the latest data, the US capital Washington DC and its metropolitan area are also particularly affected by corona infections *. Trump * is accused of underestimating the novel corona virus and reacting inadequately.

In addition to the USA and Germany, the G7 also includes France, Italy, Great Britain, Canada and Japan. The annual summits alternately host the member countries.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

dpa / AFP

Rubric list picture: © dpa / Michael Kappeler

Source: merkur

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