<p>This week, President Donald Trump called for Russia to be readmitted as one of the G7 group of key industrialized nations.</p>
<p>At the G-7 summit, being hosted in La Malbaie in Quebec, Canada this weekend, the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and Germany will discuss economic policy and major global issues.</p>
<p>&#8220;Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn&rsquo;t happen, we come out even better!&#8221; tweet Trump Friday morning. ;</p>
<p>Back in 2014, Russia was expelled after the annexation of Crimea. But Trump made a comment Friday saying that Russia deserves to be reinstated to the meeting. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;We have a world to run&hellip;. ;Russia should be in this meeting. Why are we having a meeting without Russia in the meeting? said Trump. &#8220;They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.&#8221;</p>
<p>The meeting is already expected to be tense. Trump has made it clear that he wants to introduce new trade deals that put &#8220;America first.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;A trade war doesn&#8217;t spare anyone. It will start first of all to hurt US workers&#8221; said Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, while standing next to French President Emmanuel Macron. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;If I can get the president to actually realize that what he&#8217;s doing is counterproductive for his own goals as well, perhaps we can move forward in a smarter way,&#8221; said Trudeau. &#8220;The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump was quick to respond to Trudeau&#8217;s criticism. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Trudeau is being so indignant, bringing up the relationship that the U.S. and Canada had over the many years and all sorts of other things&#8230;but he doesn&rsquo;t bring up the fact that they charge us up to 300% on dairy &mdash; hurting our Farmers, killing our Agriculture!&#8221; tweeted Trump. &#8220;Why isn&rsquo;t the European Union and Canada informing the public that for years they have used massive Trade Tariffs and non-monetary Trade Barriers against the U.S. Totally unfair to our farmers, workers &; companies. Take down your tariffs &; barriers or we will more than match you!&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump will be leaving the meeting early and heading to Singapore Saturday morning for the highly anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am heading for Canada and the G-7 for talks that will mostly center on the long time unfair trade practiced against the United States. From there I go to Singapore and talks with North Korea on Denuclearization. Won&rsquo;t be talking about the Russian Witch Hunt Hoax for a while!&#8221; tweeted Trump. ;</p>
<p><strong>Author&#8217;s note:</strong> Trump is strategic with his controversial statements and isn&#8217;t afraid to ruffle some feathers before the summit. But he does have a point about Russia not being involved too. ;</p>