White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cited the Israel-Iran conflict in announcing Trump's plans to depart the Group of 7 summit in Canada a day early.

The 2018 summit ended with Trump assailing his Canadian hosts on social media as he departed on Air Force One, saying he had instructed the U.S. officials who remained in Quebec to oppose the G7 joint statement endorsed by the leaders of Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and, of course, Canada.

U.S. President Donald Trump will return to Washington from the G7 summit in Canada on Monday night to attend to many "important matters," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw;