Trump Saves Worst for Last in First Foreign Trip
- Other leaders won’t ‘gang up’ on the new U.S. president
- Focus to be on terrorism and security, where all agree
G-7 Divided on Trade in Time of Trump
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Donald Trump looks to have saved the worst for last in his lengthy first trip abroad as U.S. president: a G-7 summit that will involve debates on climate change and free trade with leaders who would probably rather be dealing with his predecessor.
From a red carpet visit to Saudi Arabia Trump described as “beyond anything anyone has seen,” the U.S. president had a first encounter with America’s traditional European allies at a frosty meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Thursday, where he told them they’d undershot what they “owed” to the alliance by $119 billion and must pay more.