‘Lets take our garments off?’ UK PM asks G7 leaders (VIDEO)

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Boris Johnson and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau joked about exposing their “pecs,” in an obvious try to mock Vladimir Putin

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the chance on Sunday to jokingly argue over whether or not they need to undress, with Johnson saying that displaying off his “pecs” would make him seem “harder than Putin.” 

As Johnson and Trudeau sat down for talks with US President Joe Biden and the remainder of the G7 leaders at a summit in Krun, Germany, the British PM requested whether or not the Western leaders ought to “take our garments off.”

Amid delicate laughter, Johnson quipped “we’ve to indicate that we’re harder than [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.”

Trudeau joined in, suggesting that the group participate in a “bare-chested horseback driving show,” earlier than Johnson replied “we’ve received to indicate them our pecs.”

Whereas Johnson’s pectoral muscle tissue have remained coated all through his political profession, Putin has sometimes ditched his shirt for outside photograph alternatives, together with horseback rides, fishing journeys and icy swims within the Siberian mountains. An avid sportsman and health fanatic, Putin advised an Austrian journalist in 2018 that “when I’m on trip I see no want to cover behind the bushes, and there’s nothing incorrect with that.”

Trudeau has additionally been photographed shirtless whereas jogging in Toronto and through a mountaineering journey in Quebec’s Gatineau Park. Extra controversially, Trudeau has been pictured along with his pores and skin daubed with black on quite a few events. The Canadian PM has apologized for this, attributing his appearances in ‘blackface’ to his being “obsessed with costumes.”


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Jokes apart, the leaders of the G7 are utilizing the summit to mission a picture of unity towards Russia, though some leaders are extra fanatic of their opposition to Moscow than others. Whereas French President Emmanuel Macron has reportedly referred to as on Ukraine to make some concessions to safe a peace cope with Russia, and warned the West to not “humiliate” Moscow throughout negotiations, Johnson on Sunday declared that making an attempt to “settle the battle now” would lead to “enduring instability” and referred to as on the West to step up weapons shipments to Kiev.

The US, UK, Canada and Japan are additionally anticipated to collectively announce an embargo of Russian gold exports throughout the summit.