Trump was last to arrive for the G7 working breakfast walking into the room when the summit s host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had nearly finished his welcome and presentation speech Efe reported.
The late arrival at a session where the G7 leaders were discussing gender equality and women s empowerment sparked concerns that the US president might not participate at all in Saturday s meetings.
The President had expressed displeasure at having to the attend the summit a gathering that began Friday in this town outside Quebec City amid tensions over the Trump administration s imposition of metals tariffs on US allies.
Trump also forced a change in the official schedule with his decision to leave the summit early to travel to Singapore where he is scheduled to hold a historic meeting on Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Although Trump engaged in a Twitter spat with French President Emmanuel Macron and Trudeau in the hours prior to the start of the summit the tensions cooled once all the leaders came face-to-face for talks on Friday.
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