agree with these countries about, and you re trying to figure out how to solve problems. russia would be a spoiler in that mix. the only thing i can think of, chris, is obviously he s carrying putin s water, doing exactly what putin wants, which is trying to divide the west, trying to divide the democratic world so that russia can take advantage of that division. and it seems like he s just so eager to meet with putin. remember, he invited him to the white house. and he couldn t go through with that because he got so much political blowback. he s always happy to meet with him at the g-20. makes fun of reporters sitting next to vladimir putin even though vladimir putin had reporters killed. he sege toor get russia in another meeting so he has another chance to meet with vladimir putin. we need this g-7 badly. look at the crises. the trade war with china, climate change, the amazon on fire. iran accumulating a staugpile of weapons. these are the things you want to talk to these countries
now. he approaches every day, every meeting, every encounter like an episode of a reality show. and that act is old. but we should expect that. to your point, jill, the g-7 also comes on the heels of the president s feud with denmark this week. the president pulled out of a state visit after denmark s prime minister called trump s desire to purchase greenland absurd. the other leaders have taken notice. according to the new york times, quote, most of the other leaders of the group of seven powers will no doubt save their eye rolling for when he s not looking. but they have come to see the mercurial behavior as the new norm by the president. ben, greenland. i sometimes think, i m not a trump hater. i know i disagree with most of what he does, but there s a part of him that is simply an 8-year-old. some people say an 11-year-old. gee whiz, i m look at the board game, monopoly, and saw this big acquisition. i can buy park place or whatever
summit is to minimize the chances that president trump will blow it up. there may be troubles ahead as world leaders talk global trade, iran, and climate change. including the fires raging right now in the amazon rain forest, which is really scary. on top of all that, president trump is pushing for russia to be added back into the group. once again, acting as an agent for russia. does the conspiracy going on? you have to ask yourself, how did he get the job of lobbyist or ambassador for russia? he s still doing it. president trump, macron, by the way, says it s not going to happen unless russia gets its hands off ukraine, which is unlikely. russia was kicked out of the g-7 when it annexed crimea from the ukraine in 2014. the past is prologue. look at this picture from last year s summit in canada that displays the discord of the meeting wmeet meeti meeting. look at them. president trump visibly opposed by all the other world leaders. john bolton is there at his side. trump left that su
air force one he would not sign the official end of meeting communique because he was angry with prime minister trudeau. macron said there will not be an end of meeting communique this year for the first time ever, baza macron said, trump won t agree. it s pointless. back with ben, jill, and eugene robinson. i m going to start with gene on this one. i m just stunned. he s the bull in the china shop who hauls the china shop with him. why does he have to play john mcenroe everywhere he goes? number one, he thinks it s his brand. it s his brand to be a nationalist. his brand to be i am america against the world. we don t need the rest of the world. we don t need these cheese eaters. you know, and that picture that we showed, i mean, he s loving it. he s the center of attention. he s loving that moment. where they re all having to appeal to him to do something,