‘Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!’ Trump's abrupt exit from G7 sparks speculations

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked new speculation that the U.S. could join the Israeli strikes on Iran soon when he abruptly left the G7 summit in Canada on Monday evening after tweeting: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!” he wrote on Truth Social.

The post followed several meetings with world leaders, and reports that Trump had refused to sign a joint statement calling to stop the war between Israel and Iran.

In the end, the nations, including the U.S., agreed on a statement calling for “de-escalation” while affirming Israel’s right to defend itself.”

“We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,” the statement said, adding, “We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza.”

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained that “much was accomplished” in meetings between Trump and the other leaders, “because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State.”

Trump’s exit one day before the end of the summit quickly sparked speculations that either a ceasefire or U.S. airstrikes on Iran were imminent.

Before leaving, Trump told reporters: “I have to be back early for obvious reasons.”

Shortly after, reports on social media suggested the U.S. had begun striking targets in Tehran, which the White House and the Pentagon denied: “American forces are maintaining their defensive posture, and that has not changed. We will defend American interests.”

On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters at the G7 that he believed a truce between Israel and Iran was imminent.

“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions,” he said, before quickly being swatted down by Trump, who accused him of seeking “publicity.”

Macron “mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to DC to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that.”

“Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned,” the president added.

Despite Trump’s denial, the news outlet Axios cited four informed sources saying that the U.S. and Iran are talking about setting up a meeting between White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

“A meeting with the Iranians this week is under consideration,” a U.S. official said.

Another senior official said that Trump sees the decision on whether to use the U.S. military’s heavy bunker busters – the only weapons capable of destroying fortified sites like Fordow – as an “inflection point.”

Trump “thinks in terms of deals and leverage. And this is leverage,” he said.

“They do want to talk,” he continued, “But what we don’t know is, ‘have they been brought to their knees fully so that they realize that in order to have a country, they have to talk?’ And assuming they get there, is there any degree of enrichment you would allow them to have?”

Despite his agreeing to a statement calling for deescalation, President Trump indicated Israel is not close to ending its military operation against Iran, noting, ""You're going to find out over the next two days. You're going to find out. Nobody's slowed up so far."

According to a report in Reuters, President Trump wants a "real end" to the Iranian nuclear issue.