President Trump has announced he is postponing the G7 until at least September and wants to invite four additional countries to the summit: Russia, Australia, India and South Korea
"I'm postponing it because I don't feel as a G7 it probably represents what's going on in the world. It's a very outdated group of countries," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday.The G7 is comprised of the US, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Meanwhile, Germany's Health Minister, Jens Spahn, expressed his"disappointment" over the United States' withdrawal from the World Health Organization, saying that the decision taken by the Trump administration was a"setback" for international health policy.Other world leaders have also been cagey with regards to Trump's proposed G7 summit.
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