Trump Will Not Sign G7 Statement on Iran and Israel, Official Says

[ancianita]

Source: New York Times

President Trump has decided not to sign onto a statement calling for de-escalation between Iran and Israel that is being prepared by the Group of 7 industrialized nations, according to a White House official, the first evidence of an ongoing rift between Mr. Trump and his fellow leaders gathered for a summit in Alberta, Canada.

The official, who asked for anonymity to discuss the joint statement, which has not been released publicly, did not say why the president was opposed to signing. A copy of the draft statement, which was obtained by The New York Times, urges both Israel and Iran to halt attacks on one another that have killed dozens of people in both countries over the past several days.

A G7 official said the draft statement was not final and that discussions about the situation in the Middle East among the leaders, including Mr. Trump, were expected to continue throughout the day on Monday and again on Tuesday. The official requested anonymity to discussed a sensitive diplomatic matter.

The draft statement, expresses deep concern regarding the conflict, which began on Friday when Israel launched strikes across Iran, including on its nuclear research facilities. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the strikes are necessary to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/world/middleeast/trump-israel-iran-g7-summit.html

[walkingman]

1. Frightening to have a lunatic in the WH.

[ancianita]

3. Indeed. He's also a coward for taking Iran's side instead of Israel's. This NYT report shows why that's true.

...if that diplomatic effort fizzles, or the Iranians remain unwilling to give in to Mr. Trump’s central demand that they must ultimately end all uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, the president will still have the option of ordering that Fordo and other nuclear facilities be destroyed.

There is only one weapon for the job, experts contend. It is called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or the GBU-57, and it weighs so much — 30,000 pounds — that it can be lifted only by a B-2 bomber. Israel does not own either the weapon or the bomber needed to get it aloft and over target.

If Mr. Trump holds back, it could well mean that Israel’s main objective in the war is never completed...

...over the past two years the U.S. military has refined the operation, under close White House scrutiny. The exercises led to the conclusion that one bomb would not solve the problem; any attack on Fordo would have to come in waves, with B-2s releasing one bomb after another down the same hole. And the operation would have to be executed by an American pilot and crew.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/trump-iran-diplomacy-conflict.html

[no_hypocrisy]

2. For two reasons:

1. They didn't beg and say "Pretty please!", and

2. The countries will not unconditionally accept his stupid-ass tariffs.

[ancianita]

4. I'd say it's about

Putin helping Iran against Israel and other ME nations, and the felon not wanting to piss him off.

[NBachers]

5. How can he continue the March to the End Times if he calls off bombing between Israel and Iran?

[ancianita]

6. His deceived fake christian fundies might want that. But he himself doesn't want to be "that guy."

[riversedge]

7. It would be good for the Earth and its people if the #USA had a sane President.

[ancianita]

8. Couldn't agree more.

[ancianita]

9. Some interesting up-to-the-moment maps, photos, graphics from the Guardian on what's happening.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/visualised-israel-iran-war-maps-videos-satellite-images

[riversedge]

10. Please make it a separate OP as the images are so helpful. So much going on that I feel

visuals are very helpful. Thanks so much

[ancianita]

11. If you think so, I give it a try. Thank you back.

[Bayard]

12. Total imbecile

Why in the world would he not sign a doc that wants to stop escalation on both sides?

[ancianita]

14. imo, it's the total cowardice of a weak leader, a puppet

Because he's putin's boy. Which country putin is for explains the felon's indecision.

[AloeVera]

15. Maybe because he actually WANTS escalation and has already promised it to madman Bibi

If not by directly participating, then by complicitly allowing it.

He did just say everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately! He knows what's coming. It will be awful.

A city of 10 million, 16 with its metropolitan area. Many have no car or access to gas. Elderly, the sick, dying, disabled, children. Think of the panic and terror. You can be sure those two madmen aren't. Oh and Israelis and supporters cheer them on. Scary and pathetic.

[dchill]

16. He's a fucking tuber.