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All Eyes On President Trump As He Meets With G-7 Leaders

Published May 26, 2017 at 12:11 PM EDT
Leaders of the G-7, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and British Prime Minister Theresa May pose during a group photo for the G-7 summit in the Ancient Theatre of Taormina in the Sicilian citadel of Taormina, Italy, Friday, May 26, 2017. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
Leaders of the G-7, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and British Prime Minister Theresa May pose during a group photo for the G-7 summit in the Ancient Theatre of Taormina in the Sicilian citadel of Taormina, Italy, Friday, May 26, 2017. (Andrew Medichini/AP)

After a frosty meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels, President Trump is now in Sicily meeting with G-7 leaders. The question for many is whether the president will use the meeting to mend fences with major allies, or if he’ll push his “America First” message.

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith ( @tamarakeithNPR) about how the president’s first international trip is going.

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