A picture published by German Chancellor Angela Merkel summed up the state of conflict and tension at the G8 summit between US President Donald Trump and leaders of the group on the other.
The picture shows Merkel standing in front of the US president sitting across the table from the table. French President Emmanuel Macaron, British Prime Minister Teresa Mae and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
As another picture emerges, a tense handshake between Macron and Trump shows the US president showing no desire to shake hands with Macron.
The US president abruptly withdrew his support for a joint statement issued at the end of the Group of Seven summit in Canada over a trade dispute, accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who chaired the summit, dishonest and weak.
"Based on Justin's erroneous statements at his press conference, and because Canada is imposing huge customs duties on our farmers, employees and companies, we have asked our US representatives to withdraw support for the G7 statement," Trump said in an e-mail posted on Air Force One. .
Trump, who is heading to Singapore in preparation for a summit with the North Korean leader, repeated warnings that his administration is considering imposing tariffs on "cars that sink the US market!"
Two days after the exchange of arguments between the United States and the Europeans, as well as Canada, which hosted the Group of Seven summit on the other hand, the G7 issued a joint statement in which it tried to cover divisions over trade.
But Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau undermined attempts to show unity when he said he had warned US President Donald Trump that Canada would impose retaliatory customs duties on US goods from July 1.
Speaking at a press conference after the summit, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Trump citing national security concerns to impose steel and aluminum charges as "insulting" to veteran Canadian warriors who fought alongside US allies.
Trudeau said he told Trump "regretfully, but very clearly that his country has gone ahead with reprisals from July 1 by applying fees equal to those unjustly imposed on us by the Americans."
Trump's comments came hours after the summit ended and at a time when G7 leaders were starting to leave Canada.
"We are focusing on all that has been achieved at the G7 summit," Trudeau's office said in a statement, adding that the prime minister did not say during his press conference what he had said earlier in public and in private talks with President Trump.