President Donald Trump started the G7 summit in Canada on a combative note by blasting the removal of Russia from the G8 as a “big mistake” and jabbing at his host’s former prime minister. “The G7 used to be the G8.

Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia's Vladimir Putin could help.

The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.