Trump Says U.S. Has 'Nothing to Do' With Ukraine War at 7-Nation G7 Summit
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Trump Says U.S. Has 'Nothing to Do' With Ukraine War at 7-Nation G7 Summit
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Summary
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, Trump said the Ukraine war was not a U.S. priority, declaring Washington had “nothing to do” with it.
Trump said the conflict had “no impact on us” beyond U.S. weapons sales to Ukraine and stressed that America was “thousands of miles away.”
The remarks undercut the summit’s effort to refocus attention on Ukraine, which had slipped down Trump’s agenda since the start of the war with Iran.
Trump said he had a “very good” meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and would see him again, but ruled out giving Ukraine any special focus.
For European allies, the comments reinforced a security shift after 8 decades of reliance on U.S. protection, with Trump pressing them to do more for their own defense.