G7 is happening now and Ukraine is back on the menu, boys!! Europe has zero interest in Iran or even discussing it. If I were Trump, I would just tell Iran to 2x the tolls for boats helping Europe to cover our part.

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-allies-use-g-7-to-focus-trumps-attention-back-to-ukraine-f0c22f45

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European leaders, especially Macron, have since spent months trying to convince Trump that the U.S. and his legacy benefit from backing Ukraine. Trump, however, arrived on the southern banks of Lake Geneva looking to celebrate an interim peace deal with Iran and discuss ways G-7 members could help to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz by clearing Iranian mines.

French President Emmanuel Macron, the annual summit's host this year, made discussions about Ukraine a priority ahead of talks about technology and global economics. He invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a special guest to directly make his case to Trump that the war should end on terms favorable to Kyiv. Zelensky is seeking to repair their strained relationship and deepen Washington's involvement in Ukraine's defense against Russia.

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Macron got what he wanted. Trump, ahead of another meeting with the emir of Qatar, told reporters that he had already met with Zelensky in the first group session and would meet with him again. Moments later, a circulated photograph showed Trump and Zelensky seated side by side on the summit's sidelines, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council.

A French official said Macron invited Zelensky to stay until the end of the summit to maximize his time with Trump and G-7 leaders.

Merz, later speaking alongside Zelensky, said the U.S. would join G-7 allies in providing Ukraine with more air-defense capabilities.

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I guess the war in Iran is over so we have to move on to another crisis.

LOL, thx for starting this. The little guy is just there to beg for cash, as usual. I don't think the R-U war is really back on the table to a substantive degree, it's just a bloody side-hustle the propaganda press is trying to amp back up now with Iran winding down.

.@POTUS: "Russia should make a deal. Russia's lost tremendous amounts of people, and so has Ukraine... I spoke with President Putin on Sunday, and it's sort of the same thing—they just keep going, fighting, losing soldiers... not since WW2 has anything like this happened." pic.twitter.com/yU7mFWueHm

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 16, 2026

German diplomatic embarrassments are an extremely competitive category, but Merz buying Trump an XXL goes straight to the top. pic.twitter.com/jhfWmM5emc

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) June 16, 2026

It's an amusing meeting. I think Tim Carney has so far led the way in managing to beclown himself/his country.

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Back to pressure on Russia:

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Trump also indicated he would enforce existing U.S. sanctions on Russia by ending waivers that have allowed Moscow to continue selling oil, a temporary exemption that Trump said was needed to support global energy supplies.

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Europe caves on tariffs:

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European Union lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation to eliminate tariffs for many U.S. imports, following through on one of the bloc's pledges from last year's U.S.-EU trade agreement. The approval came after Trump threatened new tariffs on the bloc earlier this year over its slow implementation of the deal.

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