In the both the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, Donald Trump cynically but effectively adopted the mantle of the anti-war candidate, accusing his rivals of a dangerous commitment to a policy of regime-change wars that threatened to usher in a new era of wars—and perhaps World War III.

Former European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has criticised his successor, Ursula von der Leyen, for not engaging personally to quickly stave off Donald Trump’s trade war.

The World Bank says tariffs will hurt global growth, estimating that the trade war will shave almost half a percentage point from world GDP growth this year.

Donald Trump made a Second World War joke about Germany re-arming while meeting the country's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the Oval Office on Thursday, 5 June, amid negotiations over tariffs. Mr Merz went into the meeting hoping to keep Western support for Ukraine,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz encouraged the president in an Oval Office meeting to help end the war.

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President Donald Trump will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit at 9 a.m. The G7 summit will be Carney’s first international gathering since being elected as prime minister in March.

As the G-7 summit in Canada begins, Trump avoids personal conflicts that shaped previous meetings, but his remarks make clear that his goals differ from other leaders.