‘I’m the boss’, Trump says at G7, as he warms to Ukraine’s war aims

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a roomful of global leaders “I’m the boss”, as he and other G7 leaders acknowledged Ukraine’s improved battlefield fortunes with a unified pledge of support and fresh sanctions against Russia.

Trump’s comment – a tongue-in-cheek admission of an unspoken truth hanging over the June 15-17 summit of the Group of Seven powers in the French resort of Evian-les-Bains – followed a joint leaders’ statement that could bolster Kyiv’s growing leverage in...