CANADA/G7/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down the rift between the U.S. and its allies after President Donald Trump split from the other six leaders at Group of Seven summit in Canada amid tensions over U.S. trade demands… Mr. Pompeo praised the G-7 nations for their help getting North Korea talks set up. Messrs. Trump and Kim are expected to meet face-to-face on Tuesday morning to discuss prospects of a deal in which North Korea would give up nuclear capabilities in exchange for help opening its economy. Before flying to Singapore, Mr. Trump was in Canada for the G-7 summit with leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K. All seven leaders had worked out a joint statement stressing the importance of a rules-based international trading system. But after Mr. Trump left the summit he announced he was pulling out of the statement, citing comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a postsummit press conference. At that event, Mr. Trudeau said Canada found it ‘insulting’ that Mr. Trump justified new tariffs against Canada on national-security grounds.”
-Joshua Zumbrun, “Pompeo Says U.S. Relationship With G-7 Still Strong Despite Public Fight,” The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2018 6:29 pm