Tensions were already running high between President Trump and his counterparts from the other G-7 countries. They quickly ran higher as Trump kicked off the day by suggesting Russia should be let back into the group: “You know, whether you like it or – and it may not be politically correct – but we have a world to run and in the G7, which used to be the G8, they threw Russia out. They should let Russia come back in”

+ “Ever since Trump took office, America’s allies have desperately sought to avoid this moment. Over the last year and a half, though, many of them have come to realize, with growing dread, that it was inevitable.” The New Yorker: America First Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone.

+ Here’s the latest from the G7.