US Won’t Back G-7’s Iran De-Escalation Push in Sign of Disunity

The US is blocking a proposed Group of Seven statement urging Israel and Iran to de-escalate their conflict, people familiar with the matter said, highlighting the distance that’s opened up between President Donald Trump and other members of the bloc.

Trump has no interest in such a message from G-7 leaders, who are meeting for a summit in Alberta, Canada, and instead wants to keep up pressure on Iran to halt its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, one of the people said. Another person didn’t rule out the possibility the president might agree to an amended statement later on.