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It’s Monday. Ten years ago today, Trump 📹famously descended the escalator to announce he was running for president.

In today's issue:

• G7 gathering underway
• Trump Organization launches phone service
• President ramps up ICE arrets in blue cities
• ‘Big, beautiful’ text watch
• Minnesota gunman in custody

🍁️ TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

I wonder how this will compare to his last G7 Summit… :

President Trump is in Alberta, Canada, for the Group of Seven (G7) Summit. He just called the group’s 2014 decision to remove Russia from the alliance a “mistake.”

In Trump’s words: “The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in and I would say that was a mistake because I don’t think we’d have a war right now if we had Russia in,” Trump said at the start of his one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

"Putin speaks to me, he doesn't speak to anybody else,” Trump said. Carney later interjected to end Trump’s Q-and-A. 📸 Photo from the meeting

(For context, Russia was booted from the then-G8 over its annexation of Crimea.)

What timing: Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 50 minutes Saturday. The two discussed the Israel-Iran conflict and Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Other meetings on the books: Trump is also expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum while in Canada.

Remember Trump’s last G7?: The last time Trump attended a G7 meeting, which was in 2018, he stormed out. He had called for the group’s allies to embrace Russia, frustrated the group’s leaders and had a looming trade dispute over metal tariffs with Canada. Sound familiar?

This is a big moment for Carney: Politico notes that “Only three months on the job, Canada’s prime minister is also attempting a series of tricky diplomatic resets with some of his country’s thorniest frenemies.” Read: ‘Mark Carney’s first big test on the world stage’

Factors setting the backdrop to this summit:

➤ Israel’s strike on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks are top of mind.

➤ Trump’s tariffs have elevated tensions. His 90-day pause on "reciprocal tariffs" expires July 8 (!)

Which countries

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