supporters during an election year. as mentioned, trump is headed to the g 7 where he will deal with some of the united states most important allies, politico saying trump remains opposed to many of the positions held by european counter parts on trade, has said he does not intend to back away from policies including his aggressive stance on china and bloomberg points out, quote, the global economy is weakening, trade wars are escalating and major economies like germany are sliding toward recession, but the group of seven allies are so divided, there is little hope for the type of coordinated response that sprang from similar meeting as decade ago. former deputy national security advisor ben roads that attended summits points out this is taking place at a critical time. >> we need this g 7 really badly just right now look at the international crisis. the trade war with china,