Irish Examiner View: Alliance in doubt

The G7 summit meeting of world leaders in Quebec two years ago was a diplomatic car crash.

Mr Trump said his host, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, was not only “meek and mild” but also “very dishonest”, Mr Trudeau dismissed Mr Trump’s decision to invoke national security to justify tariffs on Canadian imports as “insulting”, and the president trumped the proceedings by refusing to sign the joint communique that by convention concludes such gatherings.