An irate Donald Trump says his decision to leave the G7 meeting in Canada, and thus snubbing Australia, has “nothing to do” with Middle East peace talks.

His departure from the summit has torpedoed the first face-to-face meeting with Anthony Albanese and other planned conferences with other world leaders.

In a furious response posted on Truth Social a short time ago, Mr Trump aimed at France’s leader, Emmanuel Macron, stating he was “wrong” in how he described the exit.

“Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran,” Mr Trump wrote.

“Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!”

His post, however, is somewhat at odds with the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who declared that the US President would depart Calgary on Monday evening, local time, after meeting only the G7 leaders and no other nation’s, including Australia.

“President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer,” she wrote on X about the summit being held in Kananaskis, west of Calgary.

“Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State.”

As well as Mr Albanese, Mr Trump will also miss meetings with a number of other world leaders.

Shortly before the announcement, Mr Trump warned 10 million Iranians to evacuate Tehran “immediately” as a second US aircraft carrier made its way to the Middle East and there were reports he had asked his National Security Council to convene.

Extraordinarily, Ms Leavitt’s post came near the end of a press conference in Calgary by Mr Albanese talking up the meeting and his main aims for it, including tariffs and AUKUS.

“I look forward to the meeting, I look forward to it taking place,” the PM said when asked if he was worried he might not get his “full timeslot” with Mr Trump.

It suggests the US had not informed Australia of the early departure.

Mr Albanese had just revealed he had enlisted the help of Aussie golfer and confidant of Mr Trump Greg Norman to help him navigate the planned pow wow.

‘Understandable’: PM’s office

While the White House cited the Middle East crisis as the primary reason for bailing, Mr Trump is not leaving immediately and will stick around long enough for dinner with other leaders and the so-called “family photo”.

Mr Albanese hosed down suggestions Mr Trump’s early departure was a snub.

“Given what is occurring in the Middle East this is understandable,” a spokesman for Mr Albanese told news.com.au.

“As the Prime Minister said a short time ago, we are very concerned about the events in the Middle East and continue to urge all parties to prioritise dialogue and diplomacy.”

It’s understood the meeting will not be rescheduled before Mr Trump departs on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Australia was “confident” about its US relationship despite the lack of a meet up.

“This is essentially the American president needing to deal with what is obviously playing out in the world today,” he said.

“We feel very confident about where the relationship is going with the Trump administration.

“We understand the circumstances of this moment, and I’m sure that in the not too distant future, you’ll see a meeting between the two leaders,” he says.

Albanese will stay at G7, meet major leaders

The Group of Seven consists of democratic advanced economies. Along with this year’s hosts Canada, the G7 is made up of the US, UK, Japan, Italy, France and Germany.

The G7 will continue with Mr Albanese in attendance. Despite Mr Trump’s last minute cancellation, the Labor leader will still hold talks on Tuesday with the leaders of the UK, France, Germany and Japan as well as the EU.

It’s not just Australia which will miss out on Trump face time. He was also set to meet the leaders of Mexico, Korea and India. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will be bitterly disappointed he will also not get to meet with Mr Trump.

’Have to be back as soon as I can’

During the family photo, Mr Trump was asked about his unexpected departure.

“I have to be back as soon as I can,” he said.

“You probably see what I see and I have to be back as soon as I can”

Canada’s PM Mark Carney, said he “fully understands why” the US president had to leave.

Mr Trump’s departure will mean he will not have to wrestle for any longer at the G7 on difficult issues such as the world economy under his policies and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Mr Trump has asked his National Security Council to form and be ready for his arrival back in Washington DC. That’s led to speculation that the US could become directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict.

However, on Monday evening, US time, the country’s defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisted America’s intentions remained “postured defensively in the region to be strong in pursuit of a peace deal”.

At the G7, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Mr Trump had made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

“An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kickstart broader discussions,” he told reporters.

“We have to see now whether the sides will follow.”

Trump’s form at the G7 summit

It’s not the first time Mr Trump has thrown G7 summit plans into chaos.

In 2016, the forum ended in acrimony with the US President refusing to sign up to the joint communique.

Albo’s plans before cancellation

Before the meeting’s axing, Mr Albanese said he wanted to talk about tariffs and the AUKUS submarine deal.

“A successful meeting is one where I am able to put forward our position,” he said to news.com.au.

“We see tariffs as acts of economic self-harm by the country imposing them” said Mr Albanese, referring to the US.

“I would hope that over a period of time the United States revisits that position”.

AUKUS could be choppy waters with the US announcing a review of the three-way submarine pact with Australia and the UK.

Prior to the meeting with Mr Trump being scrapped – Mr Albanese said he would be stressing the importance of the AUKUS deal for the US to project power against China.

“AUKUS is very much in the interests of all three (nations),” he said.

However, Mr Trump did appear to indicate his support for AUKUS at the G7.

Answering a question on the defence pact on Tuesday, the UK’s Mr Starmer said AUKUS was “really important” to both the US and the UK.

“Yep, we’re proceeding with that,” he said.

“I think the person that is doing a review – we did a review when we came into government, so that makes good sense to me. But it’s a really important deal.”

Mr Trump said: “We’re very long-time partners and allies and friends, and we’ve become friends in a short period of time”.

“He’s slightly more liberal than I am, but for some reason we get along.”