Now they're trolling Trump. Trump: Get Russia back in G7. Russia: Hmm, feels incomplete w/o China

[ck4829]

Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday, insisting that China should also be included in the event.

His comments to TASS news agency countered those of John Sullivan, U.S. ambassador to Russia, who told RBC TV on Friday that Washington was "engaged with the Russian Foreign Ministry and with the other G7 governments about whether there is an appropriate role for Russia at the G7."

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of Russia's return to the group, which includes the world's most advanced economies, after it was expelled in the wake of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Trump said last month it was "common sense" to invite President Vladimir Putin to rejoin the group.

Ryabkov said that the absence of China from an expanded G7 summit would make it impossible to discuss international issues.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-china-needed-expanded-110912003.html

[captain queeg]

1. The Russians understand the world better than tRump

At the rate he’s going the G7 will dissolve. Russia would be ok with that. But I think the rest of the G7 will cancel talks this year and attribute it to Covid. The real reason will be not wanting to meet with the orange idiot and hope Joe wins the election.

[GeorgeGist]

2. Russia's not in top ten

[ck4829]

3. Yep, Trump doesn't seem to care about that though

I don't know... Because Russia's ousting may feel like an "Obama thing" to him and Trump just feels the need to undo it, maybe Russia has something on Trump, maybe a combination of the two.

[dalton99a]

5. +1. But they can own the White House - because Republicans let them:

[crickets]

4. Because of course. *sigh* nt