Trump's Russia Idea Has Few Fans Across U.S. Political Spectrum
- Democrats, Republicans alike oppose returning Russia to G8
- President says group would be more meaningful with Moscow in
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President Donald Trump’s call to bring Russia back into a group of the world’s major advanced economies drew opposition from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers who said Moscow shouldn’t be rewarded for its bad -- and unrepentant -- behavior.
Trump twice raised the possibility in the past few days of Russia being brought back into the Group of Eight bloc, which shrunk to the Group of Seven -- the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan -- after it was expelled following the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.