How the G7 Is Insuring Itself Against Trump

You know the photograph. June 9, 2018. Charlevoix, Quebec. Jesco Denzel, the German government photographer, captures the image that came to define Trump-era diplomacy: German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaning over the table, hands planted; French President Emmanuel Macron’s knuckles pressed into the wood; Japanese President Shinzo Abe with his arms folded; U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton looming behind. And President Donald Trump—seated, arms crossed, chin tilted, apparently immune to the combined exasperation of the democratic world.