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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The G7 summit is exposing a crisis of Western authority, experts say.</li><li>Far-right parties are gaining ground in several countries, and leadership appears to be weakened. </li></ul>The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-ukraine-security-deal-hollow-pledge-putin-ceasefire-russia-us-2024-6">G7 summit</a> has long been a showcase of global leadership and power.The world's seven largest "advanced" economies — the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the UK — gather each year to discuss issues such as the economy, security, and trade.But 2024's group of leaders appears to be one of the weakest that has attended the summit for some time.As <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/g7-giorgia-meloni-2024-rome-emmanuel-macron-rishi-sunak-joe-biden-russia-ukraine/">Politico</a> noted, many of the attendees are distracted by domestic issues that are threatening their authority and grip on power.This year's cohort shows that there is a "crisis of Western authority," according to Inderjeet Parmar, a professor of international politics at City University of London.<h2 id="55e7fbd8-0635-4b37-9bc3-908aef0c02d7">A threat to power</h2>Political instability and uncertainty are rampant, from the recent <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-parliament-election-far-right-nationalist-parties-2024-6">surge of support for the far-right</a> at the EU Parliamentary elections to the controversies on both sides of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-hunter-biden-convictions-damaged-us-reputation-2024-6">US presidential campaign</a>.Among those facing challenges to his authority is France's president, Emmanuel Macron. He is just days away from a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-parliament-election-far-right-nationalist-parties-2024-6">snap election</a>, which many think could end his current coalition.Macron called the election after a big win for his rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally party at the <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-parliament-election-far-right-nationalist-parties-2024-6">European parliamentary elections</a>. Macron's centrist alliance secured a 14.6% vote compared to the far-right National Rally's staggering 31.4%.Similarly, German chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats party recently suffered an embarrassing blow after the center-right party, Christian Democrats, rallied enough seats to sweep past the Social Democrats at the European elections.Meanwhile, in the UK, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, appears to be on course for a heavy <a target="_blank" href="https://theconversation.com/our-reliable-election-forecast-model-predicts-british-conservatives-will-lose-big-231790">election loss</a> next month.<div type="image" title="French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the G7 summit." height="683" width="1024" msid="111003639" hostid="261" sizebytes="85322"></div>Andrew Payne, a City University of London lecturer in foreign policy, told Business Insider that it would be difficult for some leaders to make "credible commitments on trade, sanctions, or any other issue of international significance" at this year's summit."When you're not sure if the person across the table is still going to be in office next month, or next year, you might think twice about striking a long-term agreement," Payne said.Meanwhile, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-hunter-biden-convictions-damaged-us-reputation-2024-6">US' global reputation has suffered in recent months</a>. Donald Trump and Hunter Biden's respective criminal convictions have undermined the country's brand, regardless of who wins the Oval Office in the upcoming election, according to Payne and Parmar."The USA, as the world's pivotal state, at the heart of the G7 and its liberal international order, has candidates for the White House in November who are unpopular, and one of them is a convicted felon leading what is a far-right political party that threatens to wreak vengeance on its political opponents," Parmar said.<h2 id="1b1fbd61-741a-4d9c-a0ea-c529f41812d1">'Brittle at best'</h2>Payne argued that some of the G7 leaders aren't outright weak; rather, they face circumstances that threaten their authority."This is largely the same group of leaders that initiated or maintained an unprecedentedly strong response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, for example," Payne said."But in a democracy, leaders are only as strong as their domestic foundations allow them to be, however bold their foreign policy visions may be. And right now, the domestic foundations of most of the G7 leaders are brittle at best," he added.

The leaders at this year's G7 summit look weaker than ever

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former first lady Melania Trump has remained an enigmatic figure since Donald Trump entered politics.</li><li>Born in Slovenia, she moved to the US for her modeling career and became a naturalized citizen.</li></ul>Former first lady Melania Trump has remained an enigmatic figure since her husband, former President Donald Trump, launched his political career.Born in Slovenia, she moved to the US to pursue modeling and made history as the first naturalized citizen to become first lady. During her time in the White House, she focused on children's health and well-being with her <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-be-best-campaign-details-2018-5">Be Best</a> initiative and sparked controversy with her fashion statements.A self-described "private person," she has rarely campaigned or granted interviews.Here's a look at Melania Trump's life, career, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-melania-stormy-daniels-affairs-marriages-timeline-2018-3">marriage to Donald Trump</a>.<h2 id="90192e5d-5ca1-4083-a84e-9bdc2fd369e0">Melania Trump's early life and upbringing</h2>Melania Trump, 54, was born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, which was then part of Yugoslavia. Her mother, Amalija Knavs, worked in the fashion industry as a patternmaker at a textile factory. Her father, Viktor Knavs, was a car salesman. She has one sister, Ines Knauss, and a half-brother, Denis Cigelnjak.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump's childhood home in Sevnica, Slovenia." height="683" width="1024" msid="113883421" hostid="261" sizebytes="139624"></div>Melania Trump has said that she speaks English, Italian, French, and German in addition to her native Slovenian.<h2 id="80d16b8c-8bfb-49fb-bfa0-b0593462b604">Melania Trump's modeling career</h2>At 5 feet 11 inches tall, Melania Trump was scouted by photographer Stane Jerko in Slovenia in 1987. She dropped out of architecture school to pursue modeling, appearing on runways in Paris and Milan before moving to the US on a tourist visa in 1996.Melania Trump posed nude for photos that appeared in a French edition of GQ in 1996. The New York Post resurfaced the photos in 2016 during <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-book-claims-roger-stone-behind-leaked-nudes-2019-12">Donald Trump's presidential campaign</a>. She also posed nude on Donald Trump's Boeing 727 private plane for GQ in 2000. That same year, she appeared in the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump poses in front of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue." height="874" width="1165" msid="113883415" hostid="261" sizebytes="76730"></div>In a post on X in 2024, Melania Trump said that she stands proudly behind her <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-nude-modeling-honor-bodies-memoir-2024-9">nude modeling work</a>, calling it a "celebration of the human form.""Throughout history, master artists have revered the human shape, evoking profound emotions and admiration," she said. "We should honor our bodies and embrace the timeless tradition of using art as a powerful means of self-expression."<h2 id="3c9a5fc7-9e8e-46a3-a620-e7b209c1edd2">Melania Trump's citizenship and immigration</h2>Melania Trump became a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-immigrant-first-lady-speech-national-archives-2023-12">naturalized US citizen</a> in 2006 and is the first naturalized citizen to serve as first lady of the United States.Speaking at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in a rare public appearance in 2023, she recalled navigating a "labyrinth" of paperwork while obtaining her worker visa and becoming a US citizen.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump speaks at the National Archives" height="683" width="1024" msid="113883416" hostid="261" sizebytes="29192"></div>Melania Trump is the second first lady to be born outside the US. The first was Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of President John Quincy Adams.<h2 id="8b5da627-c413-4b6c-b9e0-5ab233e59561">When Melania Trump met Donald Trump</h2><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-melania-trump-relationship-timeline-2018-11">Melania and Donald Trump</a> met in 1998 when she was 28 years old at a party thrown by their mutual friend, Paolo Zampolli. At the time, Donald Trump was separated from his second wife, Marla Maples. Their divorce was finalized in 1999.The couple briefly broke up in 2000 but reconciled a few months later. Donald Trump proposed in 2004 with a 15-carat, $1.5 million engagement ring.<h2 id="54bf411f-9848-4517-880a-e66f0f7a9622">Melania Trump's marriage to Donald Trump</h2><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-family-weddings-photos-details-2022-11">Melania Trump and Donald Trump's wedding</a> took place on January 22, 2005.The ceremony was held at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, and Donald Trump's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump-mar-a-lago-club-photos-2018-1">Mar-a-Lago club</a> hosted the reception. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-ladies-wedding-dress-photos-2020-9">Melania Trump's wedding dress</a> was designed by Christian Dior and embellished with 1,500 crystals and pearls.They welcomed a son, Barron Trump, in 2006.<div type="image" title="Donald Trump and Melania Trump at Mar-a-Lago." height="715" width="1024" msid="113883417" hostid="261" sizebytes="74640"></div>Adult film star <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-stormy-daniels-porn-star-affair-donald-trump-2018-1">Stormy Daniels</a> said that she had an affair with Donald Trump after Melania Trump gave birth in 2006. In the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-hush-money-trial-verdict-2024-5">Donald Trump was found guilty</a> on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush-money payment made to Daniels 11 days before the 2016 election. Donald Trump has denied ever having an affair with Daniels.After The Wall Street Journal broke the news of the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-role-stormy-daniels-mcdougal-payments-michael-cohen-2018-11">alleged affair</a> in 2018, Melania Trump retreated from public appearances. She canceled a trip to Davos, Switzerland, that she was scheduled to make with Donald Trump and flew to Mar-a-Lago instead. She also did not acknowledge their wedding anniversary or <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trumps-stormy-daniels-valentines-day-silence-2018-2">Valentine's Day</a> on social media as she had in past years. Upon returning to the White House, the Trumps broke protocol by arriving separately to board <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-donald-trump-break-tradition-following-affair-allegations-2018-2">Marine One</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-humiliated-trump-affairs-former-aide-stormy-daniels-2023-4">Stephanie Winston Wolkoff</a>, who was friends with Melania Trump for 15 years, told Page Six that silence is the former first lady's "weapon of choice and her protective armor."<h2 id="28292c1c-d166-46fc-b23d-e6d2a08032ad">Melania Trump's time as first lady</h2>Melania Trump largely remained away from the campaign trail during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run, but caused controversy when she appeared to copy parts of her speech at the Republican National Convention from <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-takes-center-stage-night-one-gop-convention-2016-7">Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech</a>.She continued to keep a low profile when Donald Trump was elected to the White House, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-barron-trump-white-house-2016-11">staying behind in New York City</a> with their son, Barron, so that he could finish the school year.As first lady, Melania Trump spearheaded Be Best, a campaign focused on promoting children's health and well-being, combating online bullying, and educating communities about opioid addiction. She also visited Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Egypt on a solo trip focused on children's health in 2018.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump speaks in the White House Rose Garden with a &quot;Be Best&quot; banner in the background." height="1382" width="2000" msid="113883422" hostid="261" sizebytes="55656"></div>She often appeared in sunglasses that obscured much of her face, sparking an unsubstantiated <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-secret-service-agent-body-double-conspiracy-2017-10">conspiracy theory</a> that she had a body double who would stand in for her at events. Melania Trump's then-spokesperson, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-stephanie-grisham-book-falling-out-2021-10">Stephanie Grisham</a>, debunked the theory, and Donald Trump slammed reports about the rumors, saying that "fake news" was "only getting more deranged with time!"Melania Trump occasionally wore outfits that proved controversial. In 2017, she wore a $51,500 Dolce &amp; Gabbana jacket at the G7 Summit in Italy that garnered criticism for its steep price tag. She was also criticized for wearing Manolo Blahnik pumps to board Marine One on her way to visit sites impacted by Hurricane Harvey.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump gets into an SUV wearing a green jacket with white writing on the back that reads, &quot;I really don't care, do U?&quot;" height="1000" width="1500" msid="113883419" hostid="261" sizebytes="113964"></div>In 2018, Melania Trump attracted more controversy when she flew to Texas to visit children at a government immigration facility while wearing a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-ladies-fashion-controversial-outfits-2021-10">Zara jacket that read "I really don't care, do U?"</a>Grisham told Business Insider at the time, "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message."Months later, Melania Trump told ABC News that the message was directed at "the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-says-she-may-be-the-most-bullied-person-in-the-world-2018-10">left-wing media</a> who are criticizing me," which she said may make her the "most bullied person in the world."<h2 id="c413b8db-6005-4bb6-af07-8302254e25e9">Melania Trump's post-White House life</h2>Donald Trump and Melania Trump skipped President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021 and moved back to Mar-a-Lago. The Palm Beach club remained her primary residence, though she made occasional visits to Trump Tower in New York City.She attended <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024-campaign-announcement-2022-11">Donald Trump's presidential campaign launch</a> event in 2022, but did not join her husband at most campaign stops and rallies.<div type="image" title="Melania Trump enters Trump Tower wearing a black top and brown skirt, carrying a Chanel bag." height="1459" width="1945" msid="113883423" hostid="261" sizebytes="97100"></div>Donald Trump addressed <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-refused-to-campaign-but-will-soon-according-to-trump-2023-9">Melania Trump's absence</a> on "Meet the Press" in 2023, telling moderator Kristen Welker, "She's a private person, a great person, a very confident person, and she loves our country very much.""And honestly, I like to keep her away from it," he said of the campaign trail. "It's so nasty and so mean."In 2023, she attended <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-attends-rosalynn-carter-funeral-former-first-ladies-2023-11">Rosalynn Carter's funeral</a> along with former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama.In a rare joint appearance, she accompanied Donald Trump to vote in Florida's 2024 primary election.<div type="image" title="Donald Trump and Melania Trump" height="1667" width="2500" msid="113883425" hostid="261" sizebytes="238076"></div>Melania Trump attended the final night of the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-national-convention-rnc-biggest-moments-speeches-photos-2024-7">2024 Republican National Convention</a> and joined Donald Trump onstage after his address, but did not give a speech herself.She did not appear in the courtroom during <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jill-biden-and-melania-trump-have-different-trial-attendance-strategies-2024-6">Donald Trump's hush-money trial</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-conspiracy-trump-assassination-attempt-book-promotion-video-2024-9">Melania Trump's memoir</a>, titled "Melania," is due to be released on October 8, 2024."As a private person who has often been the subject of public scrutiny and misrepresentation, I feel a responsibility to clarify the facts," she said in a post on X.<h2 id="53f3967d-b8b6-4432-905c-328d5ef25bb3">Donald Trump and Melania Trump's net worth</h2>Melania Trump's individual net worth is unclear, but Donald Trump was worth an estimated $3.9 billion as of October 2024, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/">Forbes</a>.

What to know about Melania Trump's life, career, and marriage to Donald Trump

<ul class="summary-list"><li>World leaders are meeting for a three-day <keyword id="12291555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="g7-summit" source="Orion">G7 summit</keyword> in Bavaria, Germany.</li><li>On Sunday, <keyword id="11911533" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson" source="Orion">Boris Johnson</keyword> and <keyword id="11944708" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="justin-trudeau" source="Orion">Justin Trudeau</keyword> were filmed mocking <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> at a meeting.</li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKxFaxeuHTs">Video</a> shows Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson mocking a 2009 photo showing a shirtless Russian President Vladimir Putin riding a horse.The Canadian and UK prime ministers made the comments on Sunday, at the three-day G7 summit in Bavaria, Germany. The G7 leaders are expected to discuss the war in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, including implementing more sanctions on Moscow, and sending more military support to Kyiv.You can watch the video from Agence France-Presse <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKxFaxeuHTs">here</a>.The video shows Johnson, while sitting down for the meeting, asking his colleagues if they should leave their jackets on or take them off."We all have to show that we're tougher than Putin," Johnson said, to laughter from some of his counterparts. Trudeau jumped on the joke and quickly responded: "We're going to get the bare-chested horseback riding display."European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen added: "Oh yes. Horseback riding is the best.""We've got to show them our pecs," Johnson said.US President Joe Biden, who was at the table, can be seen smiling at Johnson but not saying anything. Neither the White House nor the Kremlin immediately responded to Insider's request for comment.<div type="image" title="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009." height="952" width="1268" msid="92491834" hostid="261" sizebytes="95078"></div>Johnson and Trudeau were referring to photos of a shirtless Putin riding a horse while on vacation in Siberia in 2009.The other leaders at the meeting were German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and French President Emmanuel Macron.The G7 summit is expected to run until Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at the summit via video link on Monday morning and called for the delivery of more heavy weaponry.

Video shows Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson mocking Putin's shirtless horse-riding photoshoot at G7 meeting

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11911533" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson" source="Orion">Boris Johnson</keyword> on Sunday said a Putin victory in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> would be "absolutely catastrophic."</li><li>On CNN, he said that sending aid to Ukraine was "a price worth paying for democracy and freedom."</li></ul>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said that allowing Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> to succeed in his invasion of Ukraine would be "absolutely catastrophic."Johnson made the remarks while <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1541063552399822850">appearing</a> on CNN's "State of the Union," only hours after <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> launched more missile attacks in Kyiv.The British leader told anchor Jake Tapper that Western nations needed to maintain their resolve in assisting Ukraine in their efforts to stave off further advances by Russian military forces, even with oil prices remaining elevated across much of the world, including the US."I would just say to people in the United States that this is something that America historically does and has to do, and that is to step up for peace and freedom and democracy," he said. "And if we let Putin get away with it, and just annex, conquer sizable parts of a free, independent, sovereign country, which is what he is poised to do ... then the consequences for the world are absolutely catastrophic."Johnson and other Group of Seven (<keyword id="11922736" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="g7" source="Orion">G7</keyword>) world leaders arrived in Germany's Bavarian Alps this weekend and are set to continue mapping out their approach to handling Russia's aggression.US President Joe Biden on Sunday announced that the G7 would bar gold imports from Russia in order to cut off another revenue stream that could be used to continue funding their invasion, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/26/biden-g7-summit-ban-russian-gold/">according to The Washington Post</a>.However, as energy costs rise globally, G7 leaders are also contending with their resolve in maintaining sanctions against Russia — especially as consumers and workers have grown increasingly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/inflation-middle-east-africa-56399743fe9ad28692c88c007bb901d6">frustrated</a> by higher costs compared to a year ago.Johnson has been a staunch ally to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the conflict, even visiting Kyiv twice to meet with the leader.The British prime minister cautioned that allowing Russia to succeed in its mission would create more challenges in the future."You can see the consequences, the lessons that will be drawn," he told CNN. "That is what is ultimately disastrous, not just for democracy and for the independence of countries, but for economic stability."Johnson emphasized that funding for Ukraine from Western nations, including billions in US aid, was "a price worth paying for democracy and freedom."He also said that the crackdown on political opposition in Russia has allowed Putin to pursue his ambitions unchecked."Do you really think that Vladimir Putin would have launched an invasion of another sovereign country if he'd had people to listen to, properly arguing, if he'd had a committee of backbenchers?" he asked.And Johnson <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-says-hes-not-concerned-us-democracy-2022-6">opined</a> that he didn't feel as though American democracy was in peril, despite the political turmoil caused by the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021."I think that reports of the death of democracy in the United States are grossly, grossly exaggerated," he told Tapper. "America is a shining city on a hill for me, and it will continue to be so."

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a Russian victory in Ukraine would be 'absolutely catastrophic'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jon Stewart came out swinging on Monday about how he thinks the POTUS race has devolved.</li><li>Stewart said it's now "boiled down to each candidate accusing the other of having soup where there should be brain."</li></ul>Jon Stewart isn't mincing words about how he thinks the 2024 presidential race has devolved into mud-slinging about the state of each candidate's cognitive abilities.In his Monday monologue on "The Daily Show," Stewart kicked off his segment by giving a "quick state of play.""I guess the election has basically boiled down to each candidate accusing the other of having soup where there should be brain," Stewart quipped.Stewart, 61 years old, then went on to do something that got him plenty of flak back in February when he first started doing Mondays at the Comedy Central show: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-daily-show-joe-biden-donald-trump-age-2024-2">He called out both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump for their advanced ages.</a>Biden is 81, and Trump is 78."For instance, for President Biden, it is his habit of seemingly staring at what can only be considered ghosts or out-of-frame paratroopers," Stewart said as an embarrassing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtudwc9Y-0">clip of Biden appearing to wander off at the G7 summit</a> played. "And then when he's pulled back into frame, somehow giving the impression someone has just quantum leaped into his body."Stewart also slammed Trump, commenting on how Trump recently crowed about having great cognitive abilities at a GOP event."The case he's making to the American public is that he's the sharpest tool in the shed. See if you can find the flaw in his logic just one sentence later," Stewart said.The show then played a clip of Trump bragging about acing a cognitive test — then getting the name of the doctor who gave him that test wrong."I took a cognitive test, and I aced it. Doc Ronny — Doc Ronny Johnson," Trump said, garbling then-White House physician Ronny Jackson's name. "Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? He was the White House doctor.""He got the guy's name wrong on his cognitive test," Stewart said, laughing. "I don't even know what to say."Stewart, in a February episode of "The Daily Show," also expressed his concern about the candidates' advanced ages."The stakes of this election don't make Donald Trump's opponent less subject to scrutiny. It actually makes him more subject to scrutiny," Stewart said in February.But <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-potential-disaster-democracy-donald-trump-niece-mary-trump-2024-2">Stewart's critics</a> pummeled him and said he'd unfairly equated the aging president with his opponent, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-key-cases-civil-criminal-investigations-lawsuits-updates-2022-7">four-times indicted</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-guilty-verdict-what-it-means-hush-money-felon-sentencing-2024-05#:~:text=In%20a%20historic%20verdict%2C%20former,has%20become%20a%20convicted%20felon.">now-convicted felon</a>.Trump and Biden are set to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-trump-presidential-debate-2020-redux-election-rules-2024-6">face off on stage in the first presidential debate of 2024</a>. This debate will be hosted on CNN on June 27 at the network's Atlanta studio.Representatives for Trump and Biden did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Jon Stewart says the POTUS race is boiling down to Biden and Trump accusing the other of 'having soup where there should be brain'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Donald Trump called for Joe Biden to take a cognitive test but misnamed the doctor who tested him.</li><li>Trump referred to Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas as "Doc. Ronny Johnson."</li></ul>Donald Trump told supporters that President Joe Biden should be forced to take a cognitive test but then confused the name of the doctor who performed the test on him in 2018.Speaking at a Turning Point Action convention in Detroit on Saturday, Trump said: "He doesn't even know what the word 'inflation' means. I think he should take a cognitive test like I did."But a moment later, the former president referred to Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, who was the White House physician from 2013 to 2018, as "Doc. Ronny Johnson.""Doc. Ronny Johnson. Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? He was the White House doctor, and he said I was the healthiest president, he feels, in history, so I liked him very much indeed immediately," Trump said.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-score-on-montreal-cognitive-assessment-dementia-and-alzheimers-2018-1">Trump took a cognitive test in 2018</a>, after which Jackson said he spotted "no issues whatsoever" with Trump's mental ability, adding that he was "very sharp" and "articulate" and that he got a perfect score on a gold-standard dementia test.On Friday, the Trump campaign branded Biden a "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/647f0d74-6170-4bf9-855c-c3a0fcdd05d3">brain-dead zombie</a>" after a video appeared to show him wandering off from leaders at the G7 summit this week."From Italy to the United Kingdom to New York, millions of people around the world woke up to headlines about crooked Joe Biden's cognitive decline on full display at the G7 Summit," Karoline Leavitt, Trump's spokesperson, said.<a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/america_mad/status/1801307831678779828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1801307831678779828%7Ctwgr%5E1f512bc5506d523246a539c5d885cdb34fb01e31%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmuse.insider.com%2Fstory%2F666eb9cfb38735ca9df0c4fe">The video later turned out to be cropped</a>, and a wider angle of the same scene showed the president had turned to face a skydiver who had just landed.The video, shared widely across right-wing media platforms, came after the Biden campaign acknowledged Trump's 78th birthday this week with a scathing statement that included 78 things Trump did this year, including a host of felony convictions.<a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1801623570964959442">James Singer</a>, a Biden campaign spokesperson, said: "Happy birthday, Donald. You're a crook, a failure, a fraud, and a threat to our democracy, economy, rights, and future."

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US President Joe Biden at the G7 pledged a decade of security support for Ukraine. </li><li>He said the US was not "backing down" in helping Ukraine fight Russia.</li></ul>At the G7 summit in Italy on Thursday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed a "historic" new 10-year security deal signed with US President Joe Biden.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/13/bilateral-security-agreement-between-the-united-states-of-america-and-ukraine/">Under the deal,</a> the US will work with Ukraine for the next decade to boost its military capabilities, its defense industrial base, its economy, and its energy infrastructure.The G7 also provided Ukraine with a much-needed $50 billion loan, which will be paid back using interest on frozen Russian assets.<h2 id="36b2a40d-5f5c-4e18-bc21-5ff5a1bfb9c2">A war of attrition</h2>"We're not backing down," Biden said, warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin that "he cannot wait us out."The move is an apparent response to Russian<a target="_blank" href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-may-not-start-war-130801411.html"> President Vladimir Putin's strategy for wearing down </a>Ukrainian resistance and the support of its allies by waging a drawn-out war of attrition.Putin on <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-ukraine-war-4f58423548b3d2e8594c9d9eb8e9d36e">Friday said he'd be willing </a>to discuss a peace deal in Ukraine if Kyiv renounces its bid for Nato membership and withdraws its troops from four contested regions.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.pism.pl/publications/russia-using-peace-propaganda-as-path-to-victory-in-ukraine">Analysts warn</a> that the Russian president's claims to be seeking peace talks ought to be treated with skepticism. Ukraine is also highly unlikely to accept such conditions.It seems the war will continue to be a long, drawn-out conflict.<h2 id="2b5a0c8e-3f24-4013-bdc3-194660070109">Hollow promises</h2>US support is key to preventing a Ukrainian defeat. However, the US security deal stops short of providing Ukraine with the path to NATO membership it's long requested.The pledge signed by Biden is also an "executive agreement, rather than a formal treaty, meaning it can undone by a future president.Republican candidate Donald Trump holds<a target="_blank" href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/"> a narrow lead</a> over Biden in recent polls and has offered, at best, ambiguous commitments to continue helping to defend Ukraine if elected.He's criticized the amount of money the US is spending on the war and promised to end it, yet offered few details on how.The deal also contains few concrete financial pledges, instead committing the White House to work with Congress to secure the funding to meet its security commitments to Ukraine.This won't prove easy. For several months in 2023 and early 2024, a faction of isolationist Republicans in Congress held up a $61 billion Ukraine aid bill.During that time, Ukraine saw its ammunition supplies running perilously low, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/things-going-badly-for-ukraine-war-russia-putin-zelenskyy-aid-2024-2">and Russia threatened to break </a>through Ukrainian defensive lines.<h2 id="eb48fc3e-f923-46d3-82cc-54ae8e00bee2">A divided Congress</h2>In a Congress starkly divided along partisan lines, Biden, even if he wins in November, may find it difficult to build a consensus for new Ukraine aid bills.Zelenskyy acknowledged the difficulties in his remarks at the G7. "For how long will the unity in the world remain? The unity in the US, together with European leaders," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/06/13/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-press-conference-fasano-italy/">he said, </a>with elections scheduled in several states that have provided support for Ukraine.But Zelenskyy had a stark warning on the potential consequences if Western countries fail to meet their commitment to help Ukraine battle Russian aggression."If Ukraine does not withstand, the democracy of many countries, I am sure, won't withstand either," he said.

Biden says that the US will back Ukraine for a decade. It may prove a hollow promise.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former President Donald Trump is set to address an influential meeting of the nation's top CEOs.</li><li>The former president is making a major play for Wall Street.</li></ul>Former President <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-guilty-verdict-donors-backing-conviction-2024-5">Donald Trump</a> and a top representative for President Joe Biden are set to square off behind closed doors next week as both sides make a play for Wall Street ahead of the election.According to CNBC, Trump and Jeff Zients, the White House chief of staff, plan to address the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/05/donald-trump-attends-private-ceo-meeting.html">Business Roundtable</a> during a closed-door meeting on June 13. The influential group's members include some of the nation's most powerful CEOs.Biden was invited to address the group but is sending Zients in his place as the president is set to be overseas to attend the G7 summit in Italy. Zients, a millionaire, cut his teeth on leadership at places like the Advisory Board, an education and healthcare consulting company. He later served on Facebook's board.Trump has been making inroads with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-billionaires-support-donald-trump-campaign">Wall Street crowd</a>, with which he had a tenuous relationship during his administration. Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, a roundtable member, recently endorsed Trump. Another member, JPMorgan Chase CEO <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-trump-nato-immigration-maga-biden-presidential-election-2024-1">Jamie Dimon</a>, who has described himself as "barely a Democrat," has said Trump was right about some issues. Tesla CEO <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-has-not-discussed-joining-second-trump-administration-2024-5">Elon Musk</a> is not a member, but The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the world's richest person was discussing an advisory role in a second Trump administration should the former president win again. (Musk later denied any such conversations.)Executives <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-us-economy-would-look-like-with-trump-biden-presidency-2024-5">loved Trump's tax cuts</a>, but some loathed the chaos around him. Several CEOs left Trump's White House advisory councils after his response to white-nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. It's likely why many top CEOs tried to boost other candidates or distanced themselves from Trump when it appeared he could face a more-difficult GOP primary season.The venue could pose some risks for Trump.The Washington Post has reported he's made some strikingly explicit requests behind closed doors for oil CEOs to back his campaign. The Post said that in one instance, Trump told the oil executives that they should give $1 billion to help him return to the White House and that the amount would be a deal based on the regulatory and tax relief they would receive if he was elected. Congressional Democrats are investigating the details of that meeting.

Trump and Biden's chief of staff are squaring off next week to sway top business execs

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The State Dept. is reportedly probing whether Trump officials took gifts meant for foreign leaders.</li><li>Officials reportedly saw some taking the bags, which were made for the canceled 2020 <keyword id="12291555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="g7-summit" source="Orion">G7 summit</keyword>.</li></ul>The <keyword id="11899384" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="state-department" source="Orion">State Department</keyword>'s internal watchdog is investigating whether Trump-era appointees stole gift bags on their way out the door that were meant for foreign leaders attending the 2020 G7 summit, which was canceled, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/us/politics/trump-gifts.html">The New York Times reported</a>.The Times uncovered the previously unreported inquiry from the Office of the Inspector General at the State Department as part of a larger investigation, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/us/politics/trump-gifts.html">published on Monday</a>, into missing gifts from foreign leaders and items that were intended to be given to them during the Trump administration. Nonpartisan career officials said they saw their political-appointee colleagues making off with the bags, paid for at taxpayers' expense, from the department's gift vault during the transition to the Biden administration, The Times said. The pricey gift bags were intended to be given to foreign leaders at the G7 summit that the US was supposed to host in person at Camp David in June 2020. It <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/trump-g7-coronavirus.html">was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic</a> and replaced with a series of virtual meetings. The missing bags included "leather portfolios, pewter trays and marble trinket boxes emblazoned with the presidential seal" or signatures of former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, The Times said. The Office of the Inspector General did not immediately respond to Insider's request f0r comment to confirm the internal investigation.In all, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2021/08/06/taliban-on-afghan-provincial-capital-capture-we-have-to-take-it-493889">Politico reported in August</a> that the department took inventory of the gift vault after the transition and found that at least 20 "types" of missing items from the vault, with the exact number unknown. The number of missing items stands in contrast to the Bush and Obama administrations, after which there were no items missing from the vault or unaccounted for, The Times said. The department's other investigations into still missing items include an inquiry into <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/us/politics/pompeo-japan-whiskey.html">a $5,800 bottle of Japanese whisky</a> intended for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which Pompeo said he never received, and a 22-karat gold coin from Vietnam meant for former national security advisor John Bolton, The Times said.The Times added that the over 80 gifts the Saudi royal family lavished upon Trump in his first visit to the country in 2017 <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-royal-family-gave-trump-fake-tiger-cheetah-fur-robes-2021-10">included two</a> robes initially thought to be made of tiger and cheetah fur but were later determined to be dyed to look like real fur, and a dagger. Jared Kushner later reimbursed the US government for the dagger and other gifts, which had an estimated cost of nearly $48,000.

The State Department is investigating whether Trump appointees stole gift bags intended for foreign leaders from the canceled 2020 G7 summit, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sources told Bloomberg that the US and allies are considering capping <keyword id="13337215" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russian-oil" source="Orion">Russian oil</keyword> at $40-$60 a barrel.</li><li>The cap is intended to cut Russia's revenue while still making oil accessible to sanctioning countries.</li></ul>The US and its allies are discussing the cap on Russian oil, with a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-06/us-and-allies-discuss-capping-russian-oil-prices-at-40-60?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg">potential range between $40 and $60 a barrel</a>, sources told Bloomberg.Leaders at the G-7 summit last week agreed to explore options for a <keyword id="14333877" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="price-cap" source="Orion">price cap</keyword>, which is intended to cut Russia's revenue and hurt its war efforts against Ukraine, while keeping oil accessible to countries that have condemned the invasion.Although any eventual price cap would depend on market conditions, the $40-$60 range is based on Russia's marginal cost for producing oil products and what the country charged for oil before it invaded Ukraine in February.But sources told Bloomberg the <keyword id="11908406" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="biden-administration" source="Orion">Biden administration</keyword> was concerned a price cap of $40 would be too low. Russian crude traded at roughly $80 a barrel before benchmark prices sold off earlier this week.Discussions for a price cap emerged after the European Union agreed to phase in a partial ban on Russian oil. Without a way for some Russian crude the reach the market, albeit at a big discount, US officials fear that international prices could get as expensive as $185 a barrel by the end of the year, the sources told Bloomberg. But some experts have also doubted the plausibility of such a price cap. Last week, top <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-prices-opec-supply-china-economy-reopening-russia-price-cap-2022-6">RBC commodities strategist Helima Croft warned a price cap</a> runs the risk of Russia retaliating by cutting off oil supplies abruptly to drive up prices. If that's the case, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-01/jpmorgan-sees-stratospheric-380-oil-on-worst-case-russian-cut#xj4y7vzkg">oil prices could skyrocket as high as $380</a> a barrel, according to analysts from JPMorgan.And Energy Aspects Director Amrita Sen told CNBC last week that a price cap would only be feasible with cooperation from some of Russia's largest oil customers, such as China and India. Those countries are already receiving discounted crude from Russia, and in large quantities: <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russia-energy-revenue-record-24-billion-three-months-india-china-2022-7">Russia gained $24 billion in the first three months</a> of the war from selling to those countries alone.Sen doubted China and India would agree to the set prices and also raised concerns that Russia would retaliate. "I think this sounds like a very, very good theoretical concept but it is just not going to work in practice," Sen added.

The US and allies have reportedly floated capping Russian oil prices at as low as $40 a barrel

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894590" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil-prices" source="Orion">Oil prices</keyword> could soar even further as OPEC hits limits on its capacity while China's economic reopening lifts demand, said RBC's top commodities strategist.</li><li>"We do not have a lot of additional OPEC oil out there," Helima Croft told CNBC.</li></ul>Oil prices could soar even further as OPEC hits limits on its capacity while China's economic reopening lifts demand, according to Helima Croft, RBC's top commodities strategist.Saudi Arabia could add 1 million barrels per day to global <keyword id="11893875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets" source="Orion">markets</keyword>, but other OPEC members like Libya are having production problems while OPEC partner <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> is facing European Union sanctions that will lower output. "We do not have a lot of additional OPEC oil out there," Croft said in an <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/06/30/there-is-not-a-lot-of-additional-opec-oil-supply-says-rbcs-helima-croft.html">interview on CNBC</a>, even as President Biden heads to Saudi Arabia next month to seek more production.The partial oil embargo on Russia that the EU is phasing in a key risk too, she added. The new sanctions and the so-called self-sanctioning that has already taken place could mean 2.2 million barrels of Russian oil will have nowhere to go, Croft estimated.A proposed <keyword id="14333877" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="price-cap" source="Orion">price cap</keyword> on Russian oil could allow it to flow to eager buyers like India without disrupting global markets further and pushing prices higher. But that runs the risk of Russia retaliating by cutting off oil supplies now to drive up prices, she warned.The tight oil market has also been exacerbated by the reopening of China's economy from strict COVID lockdowns, boosting demand for crude."If China comes back as a significant buyer, that's only going to push prices higher," Croft said.

Oil prices could be set to rise further as OPEC lacks additional supplies and China's economic reopening pushes demand higher, RBC's commodities chief says

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