Trump says his G7 summit departure has 'nothing to do with' Israel-Iran ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing the White House on his way to attend the G7 Summit in Washington on June 15. [AP/YONHAP]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing the White House on his way to attend the G7 Summit in Washington on June 15.

Donald Trump said on Monday that his early departure from the Group of Seven (G7) summit has "nothing to do with" working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, refuting comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said the U.S. president made a ceasefire proposal.

Macron "mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a 'cease fire' between Israel and Iran," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday as he left the G7 summit in Canada to return to Washington. 

Reuters