Trump tells – At a Wednesday meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in France during the G7 summit, Donald Trump was asked whether European leaders were coming around to his worldview. His answer — “I think they think I was right… I’m sort of always right” — was f
When Donald Trump walked into the orbit of the G7 summit in France. the question waiting for him wasn’t about policy mechanics or diplomatic drafts. A reporter asked a straightforward thing: “We’ve seen European leaders interact very warmly with you at the summit.” Then came the sharper part — “Do you think they’re coming around to your worldview?”.
Trump answered as if the question were really about him.
“I think they think I was right. I’m sort of always right,” he said during a Wednesday meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in France. He didn’t stop there. “You know, when you get right down to it, I think they think I was right.”
The exchange landed in front of other summit attendees, at a moment when the group was discussing Trump’s tentative agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz. Support for that idea was visible around the table, and Trump quickly connected it to his argument about European leaders and influence.
“They feel good,” he claimed. “Now all of a sudden they all want to be involved.”
Then he pushed further, suggesting there was no need for extra partners — even as he implied they were now eager for a role in his approach.
“But he added, ‘There’s no reason to have them, because it’s pretty much over, but they all want to be involved.’”
Trump then pivoted back to Modi with a personal touch. He pointed at the Indian prime minister and said, “He’d be involved if I wanted, but we don’t want to waste his time for his people.”
How warmly the leaders interacted with Trump — and what those interactions meant — became part of the story almost immediately after. Photos of Trump standing by himself holding up his thumb awkwardly while other world leaders conversed among themselves went viral.
Other moments spread just as quickly: world leaders laughed when he showed up late for a meeting and blurted out, “I’m the boss!” to fellow attendees.
For many people watching from afar, Trump’s self-assurance didn’t match what they saw. Social media users questioned the president’s confidence. including one post reacting to his line: “’He’s sort of always right.’ But what kind of an ego do you have to have to even make a statement like that?. By the poll numbers. a lot of people disagree.” The post was shared by J.C.’s Thought Dump on June 17. 2026.
The sequence around the question is hard to miss: an inquiry about whether European leaders were shifting toward his worldview turns into Trump repeatedly asserting he was right. and that certainty is then used to frame his Strait of Hormuz effort as something others now want access to. When he names Modi. the tone changes again — less about partnership and more about protecting Modi from what Trump portrays as unnecessary involvement.
As the summit moved on, the tension remained: Trump described a world converging on his deal and his thinking, while viral images and clips suggested something messier in the room — and an audience online that didn’t buy the premise.
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Always right, sure.
He’s basically bragging the whole time. Like who even says that out loud at a G7 meeting lol. Europe coming around? I mean they’re just trying to get through the meeting.
So wait, this is about Strait of Hormuz and he’s using it as like, a compliment tour? I think Europe’s just being polite to India and the whole room. Also “no reason to have them” sounds like he’s trying to say they don’t matter, but then he says they all want to be involved?? That part confused me.
I can’t stand when he talks like he’s the only one that knows anything. But it kinda sounds like he’s trying to make it seem like everyone agrees with him on purpose. Europe was already interacting warmly, that doesn’t mean they’re adopting his worldview. Next thing you know he’ll claim he single-handedly “opened” the Strait of Hormuz or something, and people will repeat it.