G-7 Leaders Fail to Convince Trump to Toughen Russia Stance
A working session during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 16.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesA discussion among Group of Seven leaders over dinner on Monday did little to move US President Donald Trump toward tougher sanctions on Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump has been urging Vladimir Putin to agree to a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine, but he has resisted new sanctions on Russia, despite threatening to impose them on multiple occasions. At the summit in western Canada, he frustrated allies further, saying sanctions cost the US a lot of money — and repeated many of those objections over dinner, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.