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Welcome to "inside politics." im john king. live pictures here of president trump and the delegation arriving. theyre in canada arriving at the g7 after dropping a bombshell that escalated already bitter disputes with the u.s.s closest allies. the president to meet with the group of seven, but its much more in the framework of 6 plus 1. in come cases, 6 versus 1. everyone else at the meeting mad at the presidents new trade war, saying tariffs on steel and aluminum and the constant rhetoric are a...

All. >> reporter: john mccain said in a statement, the president has shown our adversaries the deference and esteem for our closest allies, leaving the white house he tries to clean up this comment when he down played preparing for the upcoming summit with kim jong-un. >> i dont have to prepare very much. it is about attitude and what it is to get things done. >> reporter: the president attempted to make the case that his career in real estate prepared him for his nuclear talks. >> i say ive bee...

Have to remember why russia was kicked out of the g8. yes, wolf, this was a president when he comes to summits like this, its sort of surreal and unusual to be covering an american president who is somewhat unwelcome at these meetings, and you have. its sort of a g6 plus 1. covering an american president, he is only here for a short time. hes leaving the sut mim earlier before leaving. he suggested he hadnt really been preparing for the summit with kim jong-un, they. of course, wolf, as we know

Examplexa examp example. they are not interested in macro economics, but stories. >> from the 1812 joke to justin trudeau. didnt you guys burn down the white house. okay. not breaking news to say the president is not extremely familiar with the united states history. >> we could not get a hold of dolly madison for comment, by the way. >> you know you could teach a few things to the president about history. what is the issue over a joke like that and the g6 plus 1? >> it is one more reason why re...

Tariffs on canada, what kind of message does that send? >> it is preposterous, manipulation of trade statutes when canada clearly is not a national security threat to the u.s. purely at an economic level there is a lot of doubt about aluminum steel tariffs actually leave the u.s. better off or not because a lot of our manufacturers use imported steel or aluminum. national security, thats just absurd. it is not a national security issue. >> the french finance minister called this summit which is ...

Members of the g7 and ive already spoken to president trump and reflected some of the comments and look forward to speaking to him more when i get back. this was the g7. anybody who made the comment, you know, i think there was a comment there that the g6 plus 1, pit was not. we believe in the g7. >> julian zeleny is joining us now, cnn political analyst and historian and professor at princeton university. good morning to you. >> good morning secretary mnuchin says this is not the group of six p...

Allies and sending it back to mnuchin who is pushing back and he says the u.s. is not abandoning his leadership in the global economy. >> trade is an important issue that president trump has focused on and rebalancing our trade relationships. obviously, trade was a big focus of the last few days here. and speaking to all of the members of the g7 and ive already spoken to president trump and reflected some of the comments and look forward to speaking to him more when i get back. this was the g7. ...

Have this battle between the hard liners and president rouhani and prime minister zarif. what is likely to go on there? >> absolutely. the situation is incredibly tense in iran. but politics has always been quite available ravibrant. there has always been a push and pull between the hard liners and the moderates under rouhani today. and its likely that will continue, but its also likely that will intensify in the next little while. the reason for that is pretty simple. president trump by pulling...

So now what is it that the administration wants? well, they want a better deal. presumably, that means impelling or compelling iran to change all of its nefarious behavior across a whole range of endeavors, including the nuclear one. but that will have less leverage, since i dont believe well ever put humpy dumpy back together again, that is the global coalition that pressured iran with sanctions and brought them to the table. and now it potentially puts us in the anomalous position of sanctioni...

Rouhani has never been a good economic manager. the currency has fallen, there are shortages, theres unemployment. and in the midst of that, you have this battle between the hard liners and president rouhani and prime minister zarif. what is likely to go on there? >> absolutely. the situation is incredibly tense in iran. but politics has always been quite available vibrant. even within the islamic republic. there has always been a push and pull between the hard liners and the moderates under rou...