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But, according to the US president, that was a major mistake made by former US president Barack Obama and former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Speaking to the press while meeting with the current Canadian prime minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of this week\u2019s G7 summit, Trump said: \u201cObama and a person named Trudeau didn\u2019t want to have Russia in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI think that was a mistake, you wouldn\u2019t have a war right now if you had Russia in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd you wouldn\u2019t have a war if Trump were president four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Trump has repeatedly contested the 2020 presidential elections after he lost to Joe Biden, falsely claiming the Democrats\u2019 victory was rigged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The president continued: \u201cBut it didn\u2019t work out that way. It used to be G8 nine years ago, eight years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThey threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake, even though I wasn\u2019t in politics then, I was very loud about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou spend so much time talking about Russia and he\u2019s [Vladimir Putin] no longer at the table \u2013 it makes life more complicated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cBut you wouldn\u2019t have had the war,\u201d he said. \u201cOther than that, we\u2019re going to accomplish a lot [at the G7].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Carney just looked on awkwardly while Trump made his bizarre claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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While he has been determined to resolve the Ukraine war, Trump has continuously sided with Putin since returning to office in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Russian president ordered the Russian invasion of its European neighbour back in February 2022, still holds 18% of Ukrainian land, and is dragging his feet over negotiations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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But, Trump is yet to impose any further sanctions on Russia for its reluctance to end its land grab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n