Italy's government is led by two populist parties tied together, in part, by hostility toward migrants and a desire for a tougher stance on immigration.

A little more than a week ago, Italy's new interior minister, Matteo Salvini, told a crowd that "Italy and Sicily cannot be Europe's refugee camp" and "the good times for illegals are over," Deutsche Welle reports.

Closing Italy's ports to Aquarius represented the first test of the populist government's rhetoric, and Italy stood firm, despite outcry from the European Union and the U.N.

thephan wrote:Color me confused... KJU & DJT are set to meet shortly? Singapore is +12 hours ahead for EDT, so that "2PM meeting" time is 2PM EDT, better known as 2AM June 12 in Singapore... I always assumed it was Singapore local time.

06hawkalum wrote:Trump Doctrine = We're America, Bitches

Posting from my phone so I cannot link it, but an article was published today in The Atlantic that explains Trump's sentiments towards our traditional allies and adversaries. Needless to say, it is no bueno.

Roland Paris, a former foreign affairs adviser to Mr. Trudeau, went further. “Big tough guy once he’s back on his airplane,” he wrote on Twitter. “Can’t do it in person, and knows it, which makes him feel week. So he projects these feelings onto Trudeau and then lashes out at him. You don’t need to be Freud. He’s a pathetic little man-child."

“International cooperation can’t depend on anger and small words,” France’s Élysée Palace said in a statement. “Let’s be serious and worthy of our people. We spent two days obtaining a draft and commitments. We stick to it. And anyone who leaves and turns their back on them shows their inconsistency.”

Mr. Trump never really wanted to attend the Group of 7 meeting, but aides pressed him to go even as they feared it would be a disaster because he was being forced to do something he did not want to do. He rebelled by showing up late and leaving early.

During closed-door meetings, Mr. Trump largely listened through most issues, firmly crossing his arms and swiveling a bit in his seat, according to people who were in the room. At points, he looked around trying to catch the eyes of others, as if looking for reassurance, the witnesses said. Some smiled back; others did not.

He arrived 18 minutes late for a Saturday session on gender equality and did not bother putting his headphones on for translation when President Emmanuel Macron of France spoke. At some points, Mr. Trump closed his eyes in what people in the room took to mean he was dozing off.

But he came alive whenever trade was mentioned, mocking and insulting other leaders, particularly Mr. Trudeau, Mr. Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, according to the witnesses. Ms. Merkel was clearly not happy but largely kept quiet, evidently not wanting to provoke more conflict. Mr. Trump’s conversation was described by European officials as stream of consciousness, filled with superlatives but not following a linear argument.

“It started out as a good summit because we were actually talking to each other, instead of past each other,” said Peter Beyer, the German government’s coordinator on trans-Atlantic relations. But he added, “It looks like the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner in international agreements, and that’s bad.”

Josef Braml of the German Council on Foreign Relations said Mr. Trump considered diplomacy a waste of time. “He is about to destroy what’s left of the liberal world order because he thinks rules and institutions help America’s rivals, China and Europe,” he said.

Soren wrote:

Roland Paris, a former foreign affairs adviser to Mr. Trudeau, went further. “Big tough guy once he’s back on his airplane,” he wrote on Twitter. “Can’t do it in person, and knows it, which makes him feel week. So he projects these feelings onto Trudeau and then lashes out at him. You don’t need to be Freud. He’s a pathetic little man-child."

slugsrbad wrote:Larry Kudlow had a heart attack and was taken to Walter Reed

jerseyhoya wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:Larry Kudlow had a heart attack and was taken to Walter Reed

Per Donald Trump, who has nothing better to be doing right now than tweeting about this

JUburton wrote:

thephan wrote:Color me confused... KJU & DJT are set to meet shortly? Singapore is +12 hours ahead for EDT, so that "2PM meeting" time is 2PM EDT, better known as 2AM June 12 in Singapore... I always assumed it was Singapore local time.

Yes, they will begin tonight a couple of hours before bedtime and both be on planes back home before you wake up. Very important summit.

BigEd76 wrote:Each just signed "very comprehensive documents". Being suggested everything was done ahead of the summit.

Trump: "We've developed a very special bond. ... We're going to take care of a very big dangerous problem for the world."

Kim: "The world will see historic change."