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Trump Assails Critics Over His G-7 Performance

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - President Donald Trump is fuming over mainstream U.S.
   news coverage of his attendance at the G-7 in France and defending his
   preference to host the leaders' summit next year at one of his private
   resorts in the state of Florida.

   Much of the news and editorial coverage of the U.S. president at the
   summit in Biarritz, which ended Monday, has not cast Trump in a good
   light, spotlighting misstatements, perceived gaffes and lack of
   cooperation with the other world leaders on critical issues such as the
   environment.

   "The pity of the entire Group of 7 show was that it was part of a new
   normal in which the world's major liberal democracies basically accept
   that they are out of sync with the president of the nation that should
   be leading their efforts to manage the world and its resources wisely
   and responsibly, but isn't," according to the editorial board of The
   New York Times, one of the newspapers delivered every morning to
   Trump's desk.

   Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler wrote that during the
   president's lengthy news conference at the conclusion of the G-7
   meeting, Trump "made numerous false, misleading or inaccurate
   statements on a variety of issues."

   Trump, who has repeatedly criticized both leading newspapers for its
   coverage of him, declared Tuesday morning on Twitter, "The G-7 was a
   great success for the USA and all. LameStream Media coverage bore NO
   relationship to what actually happened in France - FAKE NEWS. It was
   GREAT!."

     The G-7 was a great success for the USA and all. LameStream Media
     coverage bore NO relationship to what actually happened in France -
     FAKE NEWS. It was GREAT!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]August 27, 2019

   Former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the leading Democratic Party
   candidates to challenge Trump in next year's general election, has
   issued a statement characterizing the president's performance at the
   G-7 as "more evidence of how President Trump's disastrous foreign
   policy has left the United States isolated while the world moves on
   without us."

   Biden added, "There is no more telling metaphor for this
   administration's abdication of American global leadership than the
   empty chair at the G-7 climate meeting. When it comes to meeting the
   existential crisis of our time, Trump has walked away from the table --
   literally."

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1166361079716503553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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