The White House has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump will be attending the G7 Summit in Alberta next month.
Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Thursday (May 22) that Trump would be heading to the summit in Kananaskis, Alta. The 51st summit runs June 15 to 17.
"President Trump will travel to the G7 leaders summit in Canada from June 15 through the 17," Leavitt said, adding the White House will sending out additional logistics after the briefing.
The G7 is made up of seven member countries – Canada, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Italy – and the European Union. The member countries meet each year at a summit to discuss global economic and geopolitical issues.
It's organized through a presidency that rotates annually. The country assuming the G7 presidency is responsible for hosting and organizing the summit, along with meetings between ministers and senior officials before the summit.
The June summit will be Prime Minister Mark Carney's first in his new role. He and Trump met face-to-face for the first time as leaders on May 6.
During that meeting, Carney told Trump that Canada "won't be for sale," referring to Trump's repeated comments about Canada becoming the 51st state.
"Well, if I may, as you know from real estate there are some places that are never for sale," Carney said.
“We’re sitting in one right now, Buckingham Palace where you visited as well, and having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it’s not for sale. It won’t be for sale, ever, but the opportunity is in the partnership and what we can build together.”
Trump also gave himself some credit for Carney's minority government win on April 28.
“I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him but I can’t take full credit. His party was losing by a lot and he ended up winning," Trump said, adding it was “probably one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics, maybe even greater than mine.”
