Trump is this country's greates national security threat. Can it be any clearer?Germany and France both issued robust responses to Mr Trump's decision to order US officials not to endorse the G7 communique.
German foreign minister Heiko Maas posted on Twitter: "You can destroy an incredible amount of trust very quickly in a tweet.
"That makes it all the more important that Europe stands together and defends its interests even more offensively."
French President Emmanuel Macron's office issuing a statement that warned "international co-operation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks".
It added: "We spend two days working out a [joint] statement and commitments. We are sticking to them and whoever reneges on them is showing incoherence and inconsistency.
"Let's be serious and worthy of our people. We make commitments and keep them."
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In response to Mr Trump's decision to withhold US support for the summit conclusions, a senior UK government source said: "We stand by the commitments made in the G7 communique."
Germany and France are also standing by the jointly agreed communique.
Sky News
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