presumably that includes the first 2 1/2 months of donald trump s presidency. we are hoping for productive talks. so they re looking this morning at the g7 meeting, looking for any signs of a clear message from the g7 just as they ve been looking for a clear message from washington over the last couple days, both in washington and italy, they ve been getting mixed messages. what exactly is the u.s. strategy, under what circumstances would the u.s. take action in syria again, and the same thing from the g7 summit. one statement of note, there was a conversation on the phone between donald trump and the british prime minister, theresa may, she talked about this being a window of opportunity to put pressure on putin to get rid of assad. boris johnson, the british foreign secretary saying putin was tox phiing the reputation of russia by clinging on to assad.