US President Donald Trump said Monday that Russia's Vladimir Putin was “very insulted” by the G8 expulsion and that if Russia were still a member, “you wouldn't have a war right now.”

Trump criticized former President Obama and former Prime Minister Trudeau for Russia's G8 removal, claiming it was a "very big mistake" that would have prevented further war.

President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters at the G7 summit in Canada and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was insulted after being thrown out of the G8 summit. Trump went on to say he understands that Putin took offense and stated that Putin "doesn't even speak to the people that threw him out.

As Alberta gears up to host leaders from some of the world's most powerful nations in the upcoming G7 summit, we're taking a look back at the most newsworthy headlines from the first meeting held in Kananaskis 23 years ago.

During the news conference with Carney, Trump repeatedly mentioned that Russia was thrown out of what used to be the G8 in 2014 - and blamed Barack Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada was led by Stephen Harper at the time, not Trudeau.

Donald Trump was branded a "Russian asset" for suggesting that Vladimir Putin and Russia should become part of the G7 again. Russia was kicked out of the summit after annexing Crimea in 2014