Trump Proposes Russia's G7 Return While Signaling Oil Sanctions, Sending Contradictory Signals to Allies

At the June 15 G7 summit in Evian, Trump floated readmitting Russia to the group while simultaneously signaling swift reimposition of sanctions on Russian oil. Ukraine and the EU rejected the membership proposal immediately. The two positions work against each other: readmission would confer multilateral legitimacy on Moscow; sanctions would intensify economic pressure. Whether this reflects deliberate coercion strategy or internal inconsistency remains unclear.