Breaking News: White House: Trump leaves G7 summit prematurely

The G7 summit in Canada continues without the US President: Trump is used in Washington and travels back to the USA the day earlier than planned. As an affront, he does not want this to be understood.

US President Donald Trump wants to leave the G7 countries' summit prematurely in Canada. Trump's spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt calls the "Ereignisse im Nahen Osten" As a reason. The US President will leave the summit in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on Monday evening (local time) after dinner of the G7 State and government heads. It was originally planned that Trump will remain until Tuesday evening.

The US President does not want his early departure to be understood as an affront. "Ich wäre gerne geblieben"Trump said at the traditional family photo of the heads of state and government in Kananaskis. He wanted that "großartigen Gastgeber" Thank Canada, "aber Sie sehen wahrscheinlich, was ich sehe, und ich muss so schnell zurück sein, wie ich kann". Trump spoke of one "wirklich guten Verhältnis" with the other participants. "Und ich denke, wir haben viel erledigt bekommen." The other G7 participants showed understanding for his decision. The host of the summit, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, thanked Trump for his presence. "Ich habe volles Verständnis dafür, dass er heimfliegen muss"said Carney.

Trump calls up Tehran's population to flee

Trump had previously indicated that Iran was ready for negotiations and that he would take care of it as soon as he returned from the G7 meeting. At the same time, there are fears that the United States could actively intervene in the military discussion between Israel and Iran, which would mean a completely new escalation. The Pentagon, meanwhile, emphasizes that the conflict has not yet been interfered with militarily and not before. Shortly before the announcement of his departure, Trump called the residents of the Iranian capital Tehran to evacuate. "Jeder sollte Teheran unverzüglich verlassen"Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform without giving reasons. Iran's capital has more than ten million inhabitants. Israel has attacked goals in Iran since Friday, and in response, Iran Israel shot with drones and rockets.

US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth has now announced that it would expand the US military presence in the Middle East. He has on the weekend "die Verlegung zusätzlicher Ressourcen" in the US regional command Central Command responsible for the Middle East to order the "Verteidigungsposition" Strengthening the United States in the region, Hegseth explained to X.

Meeting with Selenskyj fails

The announcement of Trump's departure came as a surprise. From German government circles it was previously heard that Trump had performed cooperatively at the summit, the mood in the first working session on Monday morning (local time) was "enorm harmonisch" and Trump had promised the G7 partners to stay until the end of the summit and to complete the planned summit program.

With Trump's early departure, there will be no meeting with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, who travels to the summit in Kananaski as a guest. Selenskyj had announced that they were promoted by Trump for further support from his country in the defense war against Russia. Among other things, he wanted to propose the purchase of weapons in the USA through Ukraine to the US President.