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Fall of the G7
Friedrich Merz, Keir Starmer, António Costa, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Ursula von der Leyen, Giorgia Meloni and Sanae Takaichi at the G7 being held from 15 to 17 June 2026 in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. Picture by © European Union, 2026, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org

The Ledger

Fall of the G7

Trump announced the Iran deal on Truth Social. He flew to the G7 to inform its members. The deal permits enrichment — the element he called unacceptable in 2015. Obama predicted this. The G7 issued no joint position on Iran. There was none to record.

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