Carney Cuts Off Trump Questions Before G7 Summit Begins

Just ahead of the opening of the G7 summit in Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney abruptly cut off questioning to President Donald Trump, limiting reporters' access as Trump tackled several major global issues, including Russia, Iran, trade, and illegal immigration.

During the short press availability, Trump made it clear that many of the world’s most serious crises are the direct result of weak Democratic leadership both at home and abroad. He didn’t hesitate to point to the disastrous decisions made by former President Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who led the charge to suspend Russia from the G8 following the 2014 Crimea annexation.

"That was a mistake because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia, and you wouldn't have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago," Trump said bluntly. "But it didn't work out that way."

Trump went on to explain that excluding Russia from the table only made international diplomacy more complicated. "Putin speaks to me, he doesn't speak to anybody else. He doesn't want to talk because he was very insulted when he got thrown out of the G8," Trump added. "This was a big mistake. You wouldn't have that war."

Turning to immigration, Trump once again hammered the Biden administration’s open-border disaster. When asked about his call to expand ICE operations, Trump exposed the scale of Biden's failure:

"Biden allowed 21 million people to come into our country. The vast numbers of those people are murderers, killers, people from gangs, people from jails, they emptied their jails out into the U.S. Most of those people are in the cities, all blue cities, all Democrat-run cities, and they think they're going to use them to vote. It's not going to happen."

At this point, receiving a nod from Trump, Carney suddenly cut off the session: "If you don’t mind, I’m going to exercise my role if you will as G7 chair, since we have a few more minutes with the president and his team, and then we actually have to start the meeting to address some of the big issues. So thank you."

On trade, Trump reinforced his America-First approach. Asked about the stalled trade deal with Canada, Trump said "I'm a tariff person, I’ve always been a tariff person." He acknowledged that Carney "has a more complex idea, but also very good," while expressing optimism that something productive could come out of the summit negotiations.

Trump also addressed Iran’s growing conflict with Israel, revealing that Tehran has reached out seeking talks. "They'd like to talk, but they should have done that before. I had 60 days … and on the 61st day I said, we don't have a deal. They have to make a deal. And it's painful for both parties," Trump explained. "But I'd say Iran is not winning this war. And they should talk immediately before it's too late."

When pressed about possible U.S. military involvement, Trump kept his cards close: "I don’t want to talk about that."

As the summit kicks off, Trump’s clear-eyed leadership stands in stark contrast to the weak posturing of other world leaders more concerned with protecting fragile diplomatic optics than solving real problems. Biden’s failed leadership has allowed global instability to spiral, from Ukraine to Israel to the U.S. southern border. Now, as Trump continues to dominate the world stage, even G7 leaders seem eager to cut him off rather than confront the hard truths he presents.

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