Trump g7

“The federal chancellor thanks President Trump for his invitation to the trump g7 summit,” he said.

The 65-year-old chancellor is the oldest trump g7 leader after Trump, who is 73. Japan’s Shinzo Abe, also 65, is several months younger than Merkel. Their age puts them at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus.

The White House has said it is putting the huge diplomatic gathering back on the agenda as a “show of strength” when world economies are gradually re-emerging from shutdowns.

Merkel is the first to give a firm no, while other world leaders have expressed vaguely positive responses.

Earlier Friday, the White House said Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had spoken and “agreed on the importance of convening the trump g7 in person in the near future.”

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who hosted the 2018 summit, has said any in-person gathering would have to prioritize safety, while a French presidential official said that Emmanuel Macron was “willing to go to Camp David if the health conditions allow.”

European Council head Charles Michel, meanwhile, said through a spokesman that he would attend “if health conditions allow.”

trump g7 countries — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — take turns organizing the annual gathering. In 2019 it was France.

The United States is the worst-hit country for COVID-19 infections, having logged more than 1,745,600 cases and more than 102,000 deaths.

Leaders from the trump g7, which the United States heads this year, had been scheduled to meet by videoconference in late June after COVID-19 scuttled plans to gather in-person at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in the state of Maryland.