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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018
Trump says ‘let Russia back in’
as he travels to the G-7 summit
next pardons.
With a cool reception all
but assured, Trump has com-
plained to aides about even
having to attend the meeting,
especially since his summit
with Kim is just days away.
Late Thursday, the White
House announced that Trump
would be leaving the G-7 late
Saturday morning to head to
Singapore ahead of his sum-
mit with Kim, though the G-7
meeting was scheduled to last
until later that day.
Trump will skip out on
G-7 meetings about climate
change, clean energy and
ocean protection.
This marks Trump’s second
summit of the G-7, an infor-
mal gathering every year under
a rotating chairmanship. The
member countries are Canada,
France, Italy, Japan, Germany,
the United States and Brit-
ain. The European Union also
attends. Trump is set to hold
a series of group and one-on-
one meetings, including with
Trudeau and Macron.
Under Trump, the United
States has abandoned its tra-
ditional role in the G-7. His
predecessors pressed for freer
global trade and championed
a trading system that required
countries to follow World
Trade Organization rules.
Trump’s policies have been
more protectionist and con-
frontational, driven by a per-
ception that the U.S. has been
the victim of poorly conceived
trade deals.
“The rules-based inter-
national order is being chal-
lenged, not by the usual sus-
pects, but by its main architect
and guarantor: the United
States,” European Council
President Donald Tusk said.
By CATHERINE LUCEY,
ROB GILLIES
and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
LA MALBAIE, Quebec
— President Donald Trump
injected fresh drama into an
already tense meeting of the
Group of Seven major indus-
trialized nations today, calling
for Russia, ousted for its the
annexation of Crimea, to be
reinstated.
Trump made the comment
at the White House Friday after
hours of further escalating his
rhetoric against longtime allies
over U.S. trade practices.
“Why are we having a meet-
ing without Russia in the meet-
ing?” Trump asked. “They
should let Russia come back in
because we should have Russia
at the negotiating table.”
Solidifying his solo status
on the world stage, Trump also
lashed out at longtime allies
over their criticism of his trade
policies. He plans an early exit
from the G-7 meeting.
Russia was ousted from the
elite group in 2014 as punish-
ment for President Vladimir
Putin’s annexation of Crimea
and support for pro-Russian
separatists in Ukraine. In the
U.S., special counsel Rob-
ert Mueller is investigating
whether Trump’s campaign
colluded with Russia in a bid
to sway the 2016 presidential
election in his favor.
Trump saluted Canadian
Mounties as he was greeted
at an airport at a military base
in Quebec. He arrived Fri-
day at the annual gathering,
held this year at a picturesque
Quebec resort, but will leave
Saturday morning before the
event is over, heading to Sin-
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump arrives for the G7 Summit on Fri-
day in Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Canada.
gapore for his highly antic-
ipated summit with North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The White House announced
his travel plans after French
President Emmanuel Macron
and Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau signaled they
would use the G7 event to take
a stance against new U.S. tar-
iffs on steel and aluminum
imports.
At a joint press conference
on Thursday, Macron said: “A
trade war doesn’t spare anyone.
It will start first of all to hurt
U.S. workers.” Trudeau said:
“We are going to defend our
industries and our workers.”
Trudeau, for his part, said
Trump’s action would hurt
American workers as well as
Canadians.
“If I can get the president to
actually realize that what he’s
doing is counterproductive for
his own goals as well, per-
haps we can move forward in
a smarter way,” Trudeau said.
As tempers frayed, Trump
had a ready retort, via tweet:
“Please tell Prime Minis-
ter Trudeau and President
Macron that they are charging
the U.S. massive tariffs and
create non-monetary barriers.
The EU trade surplus with the
U.S. is $151 Billion, and Can-
ada keeps our farmers and oth-
ers out. Look forward to seeing
them tomorrow.”
Later Thursday, Trump
tweeted: “Prime Minister
Trudeau is being so indig-
nant, bringing up the relation-
ship that the U.S. and Canada
had over the many years and
all sorts of other things...but he
doesn’t bring up the fact that
they charge us up to 300% on
dairy — hurting our Farmers,
killing our Agriculture!”
A few hours later, he added,
“Take down your tariffs &
barriers or we will more than
match you!”
The president appeared in
no hurry to leave for Canada.
He walked out of the White
House more than half an hour
late, spent time greeting sup-
porters gathered on the South
Lawn, and then proceeded to
take questions from report-
ers for nearly 20 minutes. He
weighed in on everything from
the Russia investigating to pro-
testing NFL players and his
Phillips: Addressed concerns with staff
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Phillips met with the staff
Wednesday and addressed the
concerns. Although the meet-
ing didn’t change his feelings
about the gravity of Phillips’
retweet, Anderson said, “he
came across as a real person
and a pretty good guy.”
As an English teacher,
Anderson said, he was also con-
cerned about Phillips’ decision
in Beaverton to censor “Stick,”
a young adult novel including
a gay protagonist discovering
his sexuality, from students in
the 10th grade and below after
complaints by a parent over the
themes of sexuality.
The decision came against
the recommendation of a com-
mittee convened to review the
complaint to keep the book
available. Phillips told The
Oregonian the decision was a
Price is a writer, researcher,
editor and community vol-
unteer who moved to Astoria
from Southern California in
1996. She said her priorities if
elected mayor would include
looking at how to keep Asto-
ria a year-round community
and developing and preserv-
ing housing for all levels of
income.
As a city councilor, she has
pushed for a re-examination
of codes and plans that guide
how Astoria develops. She
has also started to champion
efforts to enhance and revive
the area’s maritime industry.
“Astoria exists because of
the river,” Price said. “The
river has sustained it for two
centuries. Expanding mari-
time businesses can continue
to offer meaningful, high-
wage employment that builds
on our history.”
She compared the role of
mayor to being a good editor
whose role is “to champion
the work and to offer insights
that move it ahead.” She
listed a collaborative nature
and a willingness to dig deep
into city issues among her
strengths.
Before being elected to the
City Council in 2014, Price
was a member of the Astoria
Arts Commission and helped
revive the nonprofit Asto-
ria Visual Arts. She also ran,
unsuccessfully, for the Clat-
sop County Board of Commis-
sioners in 2006. Her husband,
District Attorney Josh Mar-
quis, is leaving office in Janu-
ary after 25 years.
Price had told supporters
privately over the past few
weeks that she planned to run
for mayor. Joan Herman, who
serves on the Planning Com-
mission, has announced she
will seek to replace Price in
Ward 3.
City Councilor Zetty Nem-
lowill, whose seat is also up
for re-election in November,
remains undecided whether
she will run again.
She represents Ward 1,
which covers part of the Port
of Astoria, Uniontown and
the western edge of down-
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access, the use of narrow
Steam Whistle Way off 23rd
Street as the access road to
the co-op’s parking lot, and
a long nondescript west-fac-
ing wall that will form the
back of the store.
Architect Don Vallaster,
who is helping develop the
new store, tried to address
these issues in an updated
application Thursday. Devel-
opers had already proposed
widening Steam Whis-
tle Way from 20 feet to 24
feet, but after the May meet-
ing also added windows
and landscaping along the
western wall. They plan to
install signage at the park-
ing lot to discourage vehicles
from turning east and driv-
ing through Mill Pond and
will look into creating a one-
way flow of traffic through
the parking lot, among other
tweaks.
Vallaster and Stanley
defended the orientation of
the building, which puts the
main entrance facing east.
It is the layout that works
best for the co-op, Vallaster
said. He and others argued
that the property was always
intended for commercial use
and the new co-op building
will be especially compatible
in a semi-residential setting.
The co-op still must work
with the city’s building offi-
cial and public works depart-
ment, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation and
other state agencies to break
ground. And it must also
work with the homeowners
association of Mill Pond Vil-
lage. Members whose homes
or property abut Steam
Whistle Way — the proposed
access road to the co-op’s
parking lot — remain against
the co-op’s relocation. They
worry the store’s presence
will impact quality of life,
create safety concerns along
Steam Whistle Way and
cause traffic snarls.
The homeowners asso-
ciation needs to evaluate
its options after Thursday’s
approval, said Cheryl Storey,
the association’s president.
Testimony she gave reflected
the concerns of both residents
who live near the proposed
expansion site as well as
the association. She says the
board will need to determine
if they are representing resi-
dents’ concerns as a whole as
the homeowners association,
or if further action should
only be pursued by individ-
ual property owners who are
most impacted by the new
development.
Anyone who testified at
the committee’s public hear-
ings can appeal the decision
within the next 15 days.
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see Principal Terrence Smyth.
Hunsaker and Smyth are in a
relationship.
“Me and Smyth are retir-
ing at the end of next year, and
obviously Mr. Phillips would
be a candidate for the superin-
tendency, were he to be happy
here,” Hunsaker said, adding
the district’s goal is to eventu-
ally have one full-time position
each for superintendent and
principal.
compromise and that he “felt
that the content within the
book was too mature for all
audiences.”
The education association is
taking a wait-and-see approach
with Phillips, Anderson said.
His contract will likely be
finalized at a June 18 school
board meeting.
Phillips will report to Hun-
saker, the part-time superin-
tendent since 2013, and over-
Price: ‘Astoria exists because of the river’
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Co-op: Decision can
be appealed within
the next 15 days
town. She is the youngest
member of the City Coun-
cil, the only one still raising
children, and the marketing
director for the Astoria Co-op
Grocery, which is looking to
expand its operations. Before
joining the council, she served
on the Planning Commis-
sion. Her husband, Chris, is
the co-founder of Fort George
Brewery.
“I have a lot of obligations
with my job, with my family,”
Nemlowill said. But she has
been involved with the city for
many years, she added, saying
she doesn’t take the decision
lightly.
She is curious to see if any-
one else in Ward 1 is interested
in the position, but hasn’t
heard of any potential candi-
dates yet.
“I want to make sure the
city’s in good hands,” she said.
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