Trump reportedly doesn’t really want to go to Canada today, and doesn’t plan to stay for the whole affair. You can understand why. He won’t be able to stay at one of his hotels, it will cut into “Executive Time,” and everyone is going to give him boring lectures about democracy and free trade. Hanging out with Kim and Dennis Rodman, let alone Putin or Xi, is a lot more fun than that.
Will he confront the G6 directly, or will he be his usual passive-aggressive self and wait until he comes home? Will this be the end of the annual summits, at least for now? For an alternative scenario, watch for tomorrow’s post.