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US, Trump have changed to more realistic view of war in Ukraine, Canada’s Carney says

By Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2026 | 1:56 AM

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) – The United States and U.S. President Donald Trump ​have pivoted in its ‌view of the war in Ukraine, taking what other G7 leaders thought was a more ‌realistic ​position regarding the ⁠conflict, Canadian Prime ⁠Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

Speaking during the G7 summit in Evians-les-Bains, France, ​Carney said he had seven or eight discussions ⁠with U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump in the ​past 36 hours on a ​wide range of subjects, including ‌Canada’s Chinese electric vehicle cap, the structure of which Trump liked.

Separately, Carney said ⁠that Canada was on track to produce 150 megatons of LNG ⁠by ‌the end of the ⁠year and that ​his ‌aim was to complete ​his country’s ⁠trade deal with India by the time of the G20 summit in November.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by ​Makini Brice)