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The BBC's James Landale highlights the role of the US president at the summit as the conflict in the Middle East overshadows the gathering.
President Donald Trump's met with advisers in the Situation Room on Tuesday afternoon, a White House official confirmed, as Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes. The meeting came hours after Trump arrived back in Washington after abruptly leaving the G7 summit in Canada early,
President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would leave the G7 summit a day early and return to Washington shortly after posting an ominous social media message that appeared to suggest more carnage in Iran.
During the news conference with Carney, Trump repeatedly mentioned that Russia was thrown out of what used to be the G8 in 2014 - and blamed Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada was led by Stephen Harper at the time, not Trudeau.