Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if it had not been expelled from G8 - Trump
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Donald Trump is convinced that the collapse of the G8 was one of the reasons for the war in Ukraine, and he blames Barack Obama for it, according to Trump’s interview on The Axios Show.
According to Trump, responsibility for the collapse of the G8 format lies with Barack Obama.
"They should have kept the G8. You probably wouldn't have the war with Russia and Ukraine if they did, but Obama didn’t want Putin there," Trump said.
"It used to be the G8. (It) would have been much better if they kept that that way," he added.
Trump has expressed this position before — in June 2025, he made a similar statement, blaming Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau for Russia’s exclusion from the G8.
Russia was excluded from the Group of Eight in June 2014 after the occupation of Crimea. The summit that was supposed to take place in Sochi was boycotted, and the remaining seven leaders held the meeting without Putin.
At a recent G7 summit, Trump acknowledged a weakening of Putin’s position regarding Ukraine and announced renewed sanctions against Russia’s oil sector.
