6:25 PM MSTWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has revealed that Trump will be leaving the G7 summit a day early to tend to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.."President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer," she wrote in a post on X. "Much was accomplished, but because of what's going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State."5:15 PM MSTCarney met with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Monday late afternoon. Afterwards, Carney said he looks forward to more discussions on topics of mutual concern. "This G7 is about security," said Meloni, adding Canada and Italy are "very good allies.""It will be even better in the next years. Thank you for the work you've done and will do.".Jen's story here:.2:58 PM MSTTrump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announce a trade deal has been signed between the US and "EU" countries.While Trump said the deal was with EU countries, it's likely he only meant the UK, as Starmer was the only European leader present at the presser..2:43 PM MSTCarney and Ishiba has a brief media session where they say nice things about each other.Nothing newsworthy.Next!.Jen's full story on the LeBlanc press conference..1:50 PM MSTMinister of Canada/US Trade Dominic LeBlanc tells the media the talks between Trump and Carney were "long and substantive.""I'm confident we made progress," he said, adding when the talks between Trump and Carney ended, the respective delegations carried on the talks elsewhere.Story to come..1:40 PM MSTNext up for Carney is a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. It starts at 2:10 p.m..1: 20 PM MSTIn Calgary, the are protesting, again..1 PM MSTSomeone doesn't have a very good poker face..12:51 PM MSTSeems like Kananaskis my have grown on Trump."It's beautiful," Trump said as he met Carney for a photo.It should also be noted Trump was wearing a Canadian flag pin as well as his customary US one..11:05 PM MSTAnd the first full meeting of the G7 leaders has started in Kananaskis, the theme being the global economic outlook.“Twenty-three years ago, the G7 met here in Canada,” Carney told his counterparts ahead of their first working session. “That was when the world was still reeling from the aftershocks of 911, another turning point in history, and amongst the many decisions taken were control of the spread of weapons of mass destruction — subject that we'll be coming back to,” he said, referencing the Israel-Iran nuclear conflict. “We're meeting at one of those hinge moments, those turning points in history. The world's more divided and dangerous. Hostile states and terrorists have expanded their capabilities and their reach.”He added that “global security in our local communities, global commerce, energy systems, even intelligence, will all be rewired.”“We have to change with the times and to build a better world,” Carney told the other G7 leaders. Looking at Trump, Carney said, “Some of you, such as you, Mr. President, have anticipated these massive changes and are taking bold measures to address it.”“All of us around this table reinforcing our military and security services for the new world,” said Carney. “But we all know that there can be no security without economic prosperity, and no prosperity without resilience, and in a world where shocks flow across the borders, that resilience comes from cooperation.”“Cooperation that starts around this table, cooperation that can lead to a new era of prosperity, energy security and critical minerals, artificial intelligence, combating human smuggling and transnational repression.”.10:50 pm MSTPrime Minister Mark Carney officially welcomes the leader to the G7 with a photo op with him.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US President Donald Trump, who didn't look too happy to be walking through the forest, and Italian President Giorgia Meloni are all attending without their spouses..10:37 AM MSTLooks like the president of Mexico doesn't have her own aircraft. She's headed the the G7 summit on Air Canada..10:02 AM MSTAt 10 a.m., Carney is supposed to hold an official welcoming ceremony for the world leaders.Obviously gonna be late. Only one event this morning and we're already running well behind schedule.9:55 AM MSTHere's the early story of the Trump/Carney press conferemce..9:45 AM MSTAlmost 35 minute late Trump and Carney finally show up for their photo with the news mob.Carney wishes Trump a happy belated birthday and otherwise gushes over his leadership.Trump gets all the questions, slamming Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama for kicking out Russia from the G8. He adds a trade deal with Canada could be completed in coming days, notes Israel is giving Iran a good kicking and muses perhaps the G7 should admit China into the fold.Full stories to come. 8:54 AM MSTHere's the one-on-one meetings Carney has for the rest of the day.14:10 Bilateral Meeting Canada–Japan16:15 Bilateral MeetingCanada–France16:50 – 17:15 Bilateral Meeting Canada–Italy.Brit PM Starmer appears quite taken with the Kananaskis scenery..8:45 AM MSTAnd we're back, from the beautiful Rocky Mountains where it's a gorgeous start to the G7 Day 2. But the weather forecast calls for cloudy skies this afternoon.Hopefully not an omen.First on the agenda is a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney at 9 a.m..I'm going out on a limb here and predicting trade may come up in their talks.
