JRL NEWSWATCH: “Trump Says Russia Should Be Readmitted to G7” – New York Times/ Michael Crowley
“… Trump said on Tuesday that Russia should be readmitted to the Group of 7 industrialized nations, a call for ending Moscow’s pariah status …. Speaking a few days before his planned departure for the summit, … Trump said … Moscow’s exclusion since 2014 from the group of leading economic powers should be reversed and, ignoring Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, contended that the true reason for it was … Obama’s wounded pride. ‘I think it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in,’ … Trump [said] …. ‘I could certainly see it being the G8 again.’ One reason … Trump said, was ‘because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with Russia.’ … [Regarding whether] he is likely to tap … deputy secretary of state[] John Sullivan[] as … ambassador to Moscow … Trump said that … Sullivan was ‘very respected’ and ‘could very well’ be his nominee.”
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