brand, even as he sang its praises. i m not going to make any money. i don t want to make money. i don t care about making money. security experts and other observers says it s a good thing that president trump doesn t care about making money by hosting the g-7 summit at doral, because there s a good chance he ll lose a lot of money if this happens. they say in order to properly secure the event, guests who are already there may be asked to leave during the event. others who want to book rooms and outings may be asked to stay away for several days and this place could be out of commission. the last time the u.s. hosted the g-7 or g-8, it was under president obama and held at the camp david retreat in maryland, a very secure location, indeed. coming up, president trump heads back to the g-7 summit, leaving behind confusion. he says china called, wanting to make a deal on trade, but that seems to be news to china. anyone can deliver pizza. only marco s can deliver america s most lo
just one picture says it all. the empty chair that president trump has supposed to occupy at the g7 summit meeting on climate change, the white house says bilateral meetings with germany and india went long, so they sent a staffer in the president s place. but take a look at this photo. both leaders from germany and india were present at that climate meeting. so who was the president meeting with? what meetings went long if they made it and he did not? was it a deliberate snub to that meeting? plus there is another claim by this president that is drawing questions, drawing attention, but also at the same time moving markets. the president said that chinese officials called the counterparts and said they are ready to make a deal on trade. but his own treasury secretary would not confirm that any such phone call took place. joining me now, cnn white house correspondent. jim acosta.
way at poland, for example? i hadn t thought of that, but it could happen. it s a little soon. we ll be in poland, i guess, next week, and then we ll be heading back. it is a little too soon, but we re going to be there very soon, in germany. okay? thank you all very much. thank you. thank you. just wow. if you re joining us here for the first time on this monday morning, 5:43 a.m. eastern time, that was president trump alongside german chancellor angela merkel ahead of their bilateral meeting at the g7. a lot of news to get to. first, a couple hours ago, president trump shocked the world saying china has called. they had productive talks, and they thought they d make a deal on trade. that was enough to send the markets into recovery mode. that wasn t always. the president said that they have reached a deal or a conclusion with iran, more or less, that they have total unity among g7 leaders, and then broke
gillian: riot police and anti-government protesters clashing in central hong kong for a third straight day. demonstrators dismissing orders not to march in a restricted government area and throwing eggs. officers then began firing tear gas to disburse the crowd. this is the eighth consecutive weekend of protests. it first began over a now-suspended bill that would allowed residents to stand trial in mainland china. gillian: welcome back now. with boris johnson taking the helm as britain s new prime minister, the trump administration is hoping to reset relations between the u.s. and the u.k. especially when carving out a deal on trade and a strategy for dealing with iran. for more inslight now, let s turn to u.s insight now let s turn to u.s. ambassador woody johnson. i want to start out with what
huawei, banned from selling products in the u.s., the government has determined that there s reasonable evidence to believe that huawei has been involved in the activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interest in the united states. how can we walk back this in trade? how does the president reconcile any of the contradictions that dove most of what he does politically? the summit of the vanities. he thinks primarily about what is good for him at the moment. most china experts predict thursday will be no breakdown and breakthrough. that s essentially what happened. the huawei thing is the a government to the chinese. i think the president sees it as dangling an incentive to xi in the event when talks begin to see if in fact they can reach a deal on trade. again, very much the president s