President Donald Trump will depart Canada straight for Singapore, the site of his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. | Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images Trump to depart G-7 summit early 
 
 President Donald Trump continued to criticize Canada early Friday morning after the White House announced he will leave the G-7 summit before its conclusion following a day of back-and-forth with fellow world leaders that foreshadowed confrontations during the meeting of the world's largest advanced economies. 
 
 Trump will be depart the summit in Quebec at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and head directly to Singapore, the site of his June 12 meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. The G-7 summit is scheduled to wrap up later on Saturday. 
 
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 Before the Thursday night announcement, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada both promised to confront Trump over his recent decision to impose tariffs on U.S. allies. 
 
 Trump, in response, laid into the two leaders on Thursday evening and Friday morning over those plans. 
 
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 “Please tell Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron that they are charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow.” 
 
 On Friday a little after 6 a.m., he tweeted, “Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!” and “Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn’t happen, we come out even better!” 
 
 By pulling out early, Trump will skip sessions focused on climate change, the oceans and clean energy. He will also miss the traditional group-photo opportunity among fellow heads of state. The president may also miss the opportunity to host a summit-ending news conference, something world leaders traditionally do. The leader of the host nation, in this case Trudeau, also takes questions and gives closing remarks. Trump chose not to hold a news conference last year, becoming the only G-7 leader not to do so before leaving Italy, according to The Hill. He opted instead for a speech at a nearby naval air station. 
 
 The summit traditionally concludes with a joint statement spelling out the areas of agreement on the wide range of policy issues discussed. But before Trump's announcement, Macron urged the other five nations to hold strong and not let potential U.S. opposition water down their communiqué. 
 
 The 2017 statement, for example was notable for its explicit mention that the U.S. did not share its allies‘ support of the Paris Climate Accord. Less than a week later, Trump announced in the White House Rose Garden that the U.S. would be exiting the climate agreement. 
 
 “Maybe the American president doesn’t care about being isolated today, but we don’t mind being six, if needs be,” Macron said, part of his plea to confront Trump head-on. 
 
 Trump later upped the ante, accusing Trudeau of being “so indignant” on the topic. The U.S. and its allies have been at loggerheads in recent days as the EU, Canada and Mexico continue to bristle over the president’s decision to levy 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports and 25 percent tariffs on steel imports from the two countries and Europe. The move, which reportedly came with little warning, has also caused Republicans on Capitol Hill to consider reining in Trump’s trade powers. 
 
 Suggesting that the world powers could continue on without the U.S. is a stark departure from the chummy relationship Macron and Trump had during the French president’s state visit to Washington in April. 
 
 For his part, Trudeau continued to call the tariffs “ridiculous.” Last week, he repeatedly invoked the fact that Canadians fought alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in characterizing Trump’s decision as a slap in the face. 
 
 The thought of allies ganging up on him has reportedly left Trump uneasy about attending the summit. But for now, Trudeau says that he expects his American counterpart to show up. 
 
 “We know that President Trump likes to be unpredictable," the Canadian leader said on Thursday, "but everything suggests that he will be there for the G7 summit, including his tweets this morning." 
 
 
 
 CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly described the format for the closing news conference of the G-7. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is set to give his own, and other leaders traditionally follow suit. ||||| Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau held a tense telephone call last month over the U.S. president's decision to slap Canada with steep tariffs on steel and aluminum. 
 
 Trump mentioned the burning of the White House during the War of 1812 during the confrontational May 25 call, which was first reported by CNN and confirmed by CBC News. 
 
 Trudeau reportedly asked Trump how tariffs could be imposed on Canada on "national security" grounds. Trump reportedly responded: "Didn't you guys burn down the White House?" 
 
 It's not clear if Trump was attempting to inject humour into a discussion on a topic that could have serious economic repercussions. 
 
 British troops burned down the White House in 1814 during the War of 1812, in retaliation for an American attack on York, Ont., a British colony at the time. 
 
 Former Prime Minister Paul Martin sits down with Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos to discuss U.S. steel tariffs and how they will impact the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. 6:34 
 
 News of the call in late May emerged just days before the G7 summit that Canada is hosting in Charlevoix, Que., where the two leaders will meet face-to-face. 
 
 Ahead of that meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Ottawa to sit down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa today. 
 
 The two leaders will discuss priority issues ahead of the G7 meeting, where talk of trade disputes will be on the table along with the summit's central theme of promoting global gender equality. 
 
 "Obviously a lot of opportunities to talk about a range of issues that Canada and France have in common, and quite frankly, also talk about this upcoming weekend's G7, where there will be some very direct conversations on issues where there's been disagreement. Tariffs obviously come to mind on that one," Trudeau said before a weekly meeting with his Liberal caucus. 
 
 The Ottawa meetings will give the leaders a chance to strategize on how to deal with the U.S.'s decision to end an exemption on steel and aluminum tariffs that initially had been granted to Canada, Mexico and the EU. 
 
 Canada countered by announcing it would slap an estimated $16.6 billion in duties on some steel and aluminum products and other goods from the U.S., including maple syrup, beer kegs, whisky and toilet paper. 
 
 The EU has also announced new duties in response. 
 
 ABC News reported that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Trump to exempt Canada from the tariffs, citing two senior administration officials and two sources close to the White House. Mnuchin met with Finance Minister Bill Morneau in Whistler, B.C. at a gathering of the G7 finance ministers. 
 
 Today, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow denied that report during a press briefing. 
 
 After returning from the G7 finance ministers summit in Canada, Mnuchin reportedly made the case that the U.S. has a $2 billion steel surplus with Canada and a nearly $26 billion services surplus, and should consider making an exemption for its northern neighbour, according to the sources. 
 
 Trudeau wants trilateral NAFTA talks 
 
 Today, Trudeau also responded to Kudlow's suggestion yesterday that Canada hold one-on-one North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. 
 
 Kudlow said Trump is now "very seriously contemplating a shift in NAFTA negotiations." 
 
 "His preference now, and he asked me to convey this, is to actually negotiate with Mexico and Canada separately," he told Fox News Tuesday. 
 
 Trudeau said Canada intends to focus on trilateral talks with Mexico and the U.S. to achieve a "win-win-win" deal. 
 
 "Canada's position is and has always been that the trilateral approach is actually better for Canada, for Mexico, and for the United States," he said. "We think that demonstrating NAFTA as a solid community as we take on the world is very much in all three of our advantages and we're going to continue to negotiate that way." 
 
 Humanitarian agency CARE Canada issued a statement imploring the G7 leaders not to let trade disputes overshadow the focus on supports for women and girls. 
 
 Range of issues for G7 
 
 "Canada's G7 presidency has advanced an agenda that puts women and girls at the centre of efforts to tackle these challenges. With only days to go until the summit, G7 leaders must stick to their agenda and agree on co-ordinated and bold actions that can deliver real change for those most at risk," said Gillian Barth, president and CEO of CARE Canada. 
 
 Trudeau said the summit will be a chance to discuss a range of issues. 
 
 "That's what the G7 is very much for, an opportunity for friends and allies to come together and have direct conversations on things that we disagree on, but also highlighting things we do agree on and can move forward on," he said. 
 
 Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron are scheduled to arrive on Parliament Hill at 3:55 p.m. ET today, and will be greeted by Trudeau, Senate Speaker George Furey and House Speaker Geoff Regan. 
 
 Macron and Trudeau will hold a one-on-one meeting for 30 minutes, before a broader meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. 
 
 The French president will meet with Gov. Gen. Julie Payette at Rideau Hall before sitting down to dinner with Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, at Harrington Lake. ||||| LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — Exiting a world summit with characteristic bravado, President Donald Trump delivered a stark warning Saturday to America's trading partners not to counter his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Despite his sharp differences with U.S. allies, the president insisted he has a "great relationship" with his foreign counterparts. 
 
 "If they retaliate, they're making a mistake," Trump declared before departing the annual Group of Seven summit in Canada for his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday. 
 
 Trump's abbreviated stay at this Quebec resort saw him continuing the same type of tough talk on trade as when he departed the White House, accusing the summit's host, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, of being "indignant." 
 
 The summit came during an ongoing trade dispute with China and served as a precursor to his unprecedented meeting with Kim, in which he has sought to extend a hand to the Asian autocrat who has long bedeviled the international order. 
 
 "His message from Quebec to Singapore is that he is going to meld the industrial democracies to his will — and bring back Russia," said Steve Bannon, Trump's former campaign and White House adviser. Bannon said China is "now on notice that Trump will not back down from even allies' complaints in his goal of 'America First.'" 
 
 Speaking on Saturday during a rare news conference, Trump said he pressed for the G-7 countries to eliminate all tariffs, trade barriers and subsidies in their trading practices. He reiterated his longstanding view that the U.S. has been taken advantage of in global trade, adding, "We're like the piggy bank that everybody's robbing and that ends." 
 
 He said U.S. farmers had been harmed by tariffs and other barriers and warned that U.S. trading partners would need to provide him with more favorable terms. "It's going to stop or we'll stop trading with them," he said. 
 
 Trump cited progress on reaching an agreement on the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, saying the final outcome would lead either to an improved trade deal or separate pacts with the two U.S. neighbors. Trump said he was discussing two types of sunset provisions in which any of the countries could leave the deal. A Canadian official said the leaders discussed accelerating the pace of the talks. 
 
 Prior to his arrival on Friday, the president injected additional controversy by suggesting that the G-7 offer a seat at the table to Russia, which was ousted from the group in 2014. Trump said Saturday that re-admitting Russia to the elite club would be "an asset," telling reporters, "we're looking for peace in the world." Trump said he had not spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a while. 
 
 Discussing Russia's absence, Trump made the vague comment that "something happened a while ago where Russia is no longer in. I think it would be an asset to have Russia back in." In fact, Russia was expelled from what was then the G-8 after its invasion and annexation of Crimea and its support for pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine. 
 
 Trump departed the annual G-7 gathering after showing up late for a breakfast on gender equity and he missed sessions on climate change, clean energy and ocean protection. He left before any resolution was announced on the traditional joint statement from the seven industrialized nations in the group, which in addition to the U.S. and Canada includes Britain, Italy, France, Germany and Japan. 
 
 Trump's recent moves, building on 18 months of nationalist policy-making, leave him out of step with the globally minded organization and prompted speculation that the group could fracture into something more like the "G-6 plus one." 
 
 A key question was whether the seven countries could agree on a joint statement of priorities at the conclusion of the meeting. Macron said Thursday on Twitter, "The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be." Trump said Friday he thinks the group will produce a joint statement. 
 
 In public, Trump bantered easily with his fellow leaders, but the meeting came at a tense moment in the relationships, with allies steaming over Trump's new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from Canada, Mexico and the European Union. 
 
 Leading up to the meetings, Trump, Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron had suggested the potential for a tough tone, though they were cordial in face-to-face meetings. 
 
 Alluding to the tensions as he sat with Macron on Friday, Trump said: "We've had, really, a very good relationship, very special. A lot of people wrote a couple of things that weren't quite true. A little bit accurate, perhaps. We have a little test every once in a while when it comes to trade." 
 
 With Trudeau, Trump joked that "Justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and all trade barriers between Canada and the United States." 
 
 Macron said he and Trump held "open and direct" discussions, adding that he thought there was a way to get a "win-win" outcome on trade, though details remained unclear. 
 
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 Thomas reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and Darlene Superville in Washington, and Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed to this report. ||||| CLOSE President Donald Trump delivered a stern warning on trade to foreign countries at the Group of Seven summit on Saturday, urging trading partners not to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum. (June 9) AP 
 
 President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on immigration policy at Morrelly Homeland Security Center, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Bethpage, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ORG XMIT: NYEV135 (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) 
 
 WASHINGTON — After meeting with global leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Quebec, President Trump said Saturday he has instructed U.S. officials not to endorse a joint statement with other world leaders documenting the meeting and agreements. 
 
 The remarks, following a two-day meeting in Canada with the world’s largest industrialized economies, seemingly worsened diplomacy between the U.S. and its closest allies during heightened tensions about U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel. 
 
 Trump said on Twitter he directed officials not to endorse the communique as a response to comments made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a news conference after Trump left for his meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 
 
 Trudeau told reporters that Canada would move forward on July 1 with retaliatory tariffs to answer for Trump's tariffs on aluminum and steel that were "unjustly applied to us." 
 
 "I have made it very clear to the president that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something that we absolutely will do because Canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around," Trudeau said. 
 
 It wasn't long after the news conference that Trump took to Twitter, calling Trudeau "meek" and "dishonest" in a series of posts, claiming the Canadian leader changed his tone after Trump left the meetings. 
 
 Using Trudeau's first name, Trump said based on "Justin’s false statements" and "the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!" 
 
 He continued in another tweet: "PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, 'US Tariffs were kind of insulting' and he 'will not be pushed around.' Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!" 
 
 While gathered at the meeting, Trump told global leaders that they must reduce trade barriers and floated the idea of lowering tariffs completely if other countries agreed to a more pure form of open trade. 
 
 He threatened to stop trading with other nations if they decline to lower barriers he has repeatedly described as unfair, and he warned allies against taking retaliatory measures against steep metal tariffs that he imposed last month. 
 
 “We’re like the piggy bank that everybody’s robbing,” Trump said. “And that ends.” 
 
 Ending trade with other nations under the current system, Trump said, would be “a very profitable answer if I have to do it.” 
 
 The remarks, following a two-day meeting in Canada with the world’s largest industrialized economies, were among the most strident Trump has used to describe what he sees as an out-of-whack global trade system that he says harms U.S. industries. 
 
 Speaking to reporters before leaving for Singapore, Trump tried to downplay any notion that the meeting in Canada was contentious. 
 
 He repeatedly described his relationship with the other leaders at the summit as “a 10” and said he did not blame the other countries for their positions on trade. 
 
 Later in the day Trump tweeted: "Just left the @G7 Summit in beautiful Canada. Great meetings and relationships with the six Country Leaders especially since they know I cannot allow them to apply large Tariffs and strong barriers to ... ... U.S.A. Trade. They fully understand where I am coming from. After many decades, fair and reciprocal Trade will happen!" 
 
 ...U.S.A. Trade. They fully understand where I am coming from. After many decades, fair and reciprocal Trade will happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018 
 
 "The United States will not allow other countries to impose massive Tariffs and Trade Barriers on its farmers, workers and companies. While sending their product into our country tax free. We have put up with Trade Abuse for many decades — and that is long enough," he continued. 
 
 More: Top economic aide Larry Kudlow: ‘Don’t blame Trump’ for trade tensions 
 
 Trump drew international criticism last month for leveling a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% duty on aluminum, measures the president says are necessary for national security. The president has also said he is considering a tariff on imported cars. 
 
 The president said the ideal situation would be a completely free trade system with the other G-7 nations — Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada. Under such an arrangement, he said, the U.S. would agree to remove all tariffs and barriers if the other countries did as well. 
 
 Trump did not indicate that he had received any concessions in his negotiations on trade at the summit. Several other leaders have threatened retaliatory tariffs. 
 
 “If they retaliate,” Trump said, “they’re making a mistake.” 
 
 The other leaders at the summit didn't address Trump's remarks directly, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron both posted photos that showed an alternate perspective — though Macron's tweet had a hopeful tone. 
 
 "Day two of the G7 summit in Canada: spontaneous meeting between two working sessions. #G7Charlevoix," Merkel posted on Instagram with a photograph of her and Macron staring down Trump, who sat with his arms crossed as others looked on. 
 
 Macron posted a photo of leaders and aides surrounding Trump, who is one of two people sitting, as Macron gestures at him. 
 
 #G7Charlevoix, deuxième jour : une nouvelle étape est franchie. 
 
 Après une longue journée de travail et de dialogue très direct, nous recherchons activement un accord ambitieux. pic.twitter.com/tBy2ZUg2v8 — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 9, 2018 
 
 "#G7Charlevoix, second day: A new step has been taken. After a long day of work and very direct dialogue, we are actively seeking an ambitious agreement," an English translation of Macron's tweet says. 
 
 Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican who has been critical of the president, said if Trump "is actually serious about leading the expansion of a G-7 no-tariff, free-trade agreement, that's tremendous, tremendous news. ... I would happily carry his bag to every single meeting of those negotiations." 
 
 But, Sasse cautioned, "the path to more trade begins with less whining on the global stage. ... The constant victim-talk doesn't help anyone." 
 
 Contributing: Eliza Collins 
 
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– The traditional end-of-summit group photo at this year's G7 gathering will not include President Trump. The White House says Trump will leave the Quebec summit on Saturday morning and travel directly to Singapore, where he is due to meet Kim Jong Un June 12, Politico reports. The summit is scheduled to conclude hours after Trump's departure and he will miss sessions on issues including climate change and the oceans. The president will travel to the Quebec resort of La Malbaie Friday, the AP reports. His first trip to Canada as president comes as disputes with both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron are heating up. Both leaders have said they will confront Trump at the summit over new tariffs imposed on US allies in the name of "national security." Trudeau and Macron "are charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers. The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow," Trump tweeted Thursday. In another tweet, he said Trudeau "is being so indignant, bringing up the relationship that the U.S. and Canada had over the many years and all sorts of other things...but he doesn’t bring up the fact that they charge us up to 300% on dairy — hurting our Farmers, killing our Agriculture!" A third tweet warned the EU and Canada to "Take down your tariffs & barriers or we will more than match you!" Earlier Thursday, Macron said that the other six countries may end up signing an agreement that doesn't include the US. (Trump reportedly brought up a War of 1812 incident when discussing new tariffs on Canadian steel.)