Maria. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im in for jake tapper. And we begin with breaking news. Brandnew reporting on just what happened behind the scenes at a g7 welcome dinner. Sharp and sometimes bitter disagreements breaking out over President Trumps push to let russia back into the group. That is according to two diplomatic officials and a senior u. S. Official with knowledge of the exchange. Those sources telling cnn that the president repeatedly insisted at a summit dinner that russia be included in the talks. And continued to falsely blame his predecessor barack obama for kicking Vladimir Putin out of the alliance. Boris sanchez brings us the insider details from the white house. Reporter President Donald Trump returning to washington from the g7 calling it a Great Success on twitter but two diplomatic sources and one senior u. S. Official tells cnn behind the scenes there was feuding between World Leaders in france over his insistence that russia be in
Allies over russia. Cnn learning that a heated battle took placed at the g7 whether to allow russia back into the group, which it was expelled from for invading and anecking part of a sovereign european country. At a welcome dinner leaders discussed issues such as iran and the fires in the amazon rain forest. But trump interthe injected to advocate for russias inclusion in the talks. The other leaders pushed back. The strongest opposition coming from two of americas closest allies germany and the uk. Their reasoning, russias increasingly antidemocraticics is sense stance. Plus that it still occupies parts of ukraine. They argued its return would give putin legislate macy. But trump continued to make his case publicly over the weekend. Would i invite them . I would certainly invite them. Having them in i think is more of an advantage. I think its a positive for the world. I really think its good for security of the world. Its good for the economics. It would be good for russia. I think
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