The Trump administration is reportedly thinking about leaving Europe out and creating a new economic alliance. It would include just the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Canada, and Australia.
The idea is to build a “like-minded” group that avoids what Trump insiders see as European bureaucracy, weakness, and constant roadblocks on China, trade, and defense.
An official who worked in the White House during Trump's first administration said that the idea of creating a Core 5, or C5, alliance involving the US, China, India, Japan, and Russia is no longer considered particularly shocking.
Therefore, current talks of a whole new G7 shouldn’t be surprising either.
This means scrap the old G7 and replace it with countries Trump actually wants to deal with.
While this could shatter decades of transatlantic unity, supporters of this new G7 group would call it a long-overdue reset that reflects where the real geopolitical power is shifting.
It is a bold move that could reshape Western diplomacy entirely.
A G7 without Europe? That’s not a summit, that’s a statement.