The G-7 Summit Has Begun

Trump threatened to tax French wine before he left Washington but made nice with Macron on Saturday at an emergency luncheon

Daily Mail: 'Everybody's getting along!' Donald Trump breaks bread with Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz after taking a swipe at fellow leaders - who he called friends for the most part' but not in '100 percent of the cases' - and threatening to tax French wine

* Leaders of the world's most affluent countries are in Biarritz after Trump threw shade at several of them
* Threatened to tax French 'like they've never seen before' and said leaders at G7 are 'friends for the most part'
* His kinship with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Trump's only natural ally, will be put to test at the summit
* Trump's relationship with France's Emmanuel Macron is currently strained: the U.S. claims that the French leader hung the U.S. leader out to dry on Russia but the two will have an unscheduled lunch together Saturday
* G7 leaders except for Trump have said that that Russia should not be readmitted
* Trump and world leaders attending are expected to clash on several fronts - US wants to talk about trade and tariffs and Macron wants to focus on the climate

Donald Trump made nice with Emmanuel Macron on Saturday afternoon, breaking bread with him before the official open of the G7 at the posh Hotel du Palais in Biarritz.

Trump threatened to tax French wine and disparaged fellow leaders outside the White House. He offered a detente at Hotel du Palais, however, as he held emergency talks with his host.

He said the pair had been 'friends for a long time' and 'have a lot in common' with one another.

'And every once in a while, we go at it just a little bit, not very much,' he acknowledged. 'But we get along very well. We have a very good relationship.'

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WNU Editor: The media focus is on President Trump being the disruptive force at this year's G7. But it has been French President Macron who has thrown this summit into disunity .... Macron Rips Up Agenda for His G-7 in a Fit of Climate Fury (Bloomberg).

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