International: White House: Trump leaves G7 summit prematurely

US President Donald Trump leaves the G7 summit in Canada prematurely, according to the White House. « President Trump will return to Washington this evening to take care of many important matters, » said his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on Monday evening (local time). The US government center named the situation in the Middle East as the reason for the early departure of the meeting of the leading democratic economic powers in Kananaski.

« A lot was achieved, but because of the events in the Middle East, President Trump will leave the head of state this evening after dinner, » wrote Leavitt on the X.

Trump originally should have left Canada back to Washington on Tuesday evening. The G7 countries only started their summits on Monday and have several rounds on the program for today – even with several host countries. Among other things, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj is expected to be a guest at the summit – Selenskyj had also wanted to meet Trump alone. However, the US President is currently more concerned with the war between Iran and Israel than with the Russian attack war against Ukraine.

The crisis in the Middle East

Israel has been attacking goals in Iran since the night of Friday – including nuclear facilities, leading military, nuclear scientists, defense positions, destinations in cities and oil and natural gas fields. The main goal is to prevent the Islamic Republic from the secret development of nuclear weapons. Iran reacted with counterattacks to Israel.

The war between the two arch enemies is an important escalation of the already dramatic situation in the Middle East. Since October 2023, Israel has also been a war against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza strip-in response to a devastating Hamas attack on Israeli soil. Due to the military conflict between Iran and Israel, there is a risk of surface in the entire region.