Diplomacy: France postpones G7 summit – due to Trump’s cage struggle? | EUROtoday

France has postponed this 12 months’s G7 summit within the resort city of Évian by sooner or later. According to a report by Politico journal, the rationale for it is a conflict of dates with a martial arts occasion within the White House. The assembly of the main democratic financial powers is now scheduled for June fifteenth to seventeenth. The Élysée Palace initially introduced June 14th to sixteenth because the date.

In its article, Politico depends on two individuals who have data of G7 planning. There was no affirmation of this from the Élysée Palace. A spokeswoman merely stated: “The summit date is the result of our consultations with all of our G7 partners.”

Trump is planning an enormous martial arts occasion on his birthday

US President Donald Trump introduced just a few months in the past that he would host a martial arts spectacle on the grounds of the White House on his eightieth birthday. The occasion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), recognized for martial cage fights, is scheduled to happen on June 14th.

The UFC is the biggest skilled league for combined martial arts (MMA), a fight sport that’s significantly well-liked within the USA and combines varied disciplines. During their duels within the cage-like ring, fighters use parts and strategies from boxing, kickboxing and wrestling, amongst different issues. Unlike wrestling, for instance, the duels aren’t staged. On the opposite: it’s not unusual for blood to be shed or for one of many combatants to be overwhelmed unconscious. Trump is a fan of the martial arts spectacle and has sat within the viewers as a spectator on a number of events.