White House’s Spicer: Trump listened ‘as usual’ to translation at G7

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer pushed back Saturday against claims that President Trump was not listening to a translation of Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s speech at the G7 summit in Sicily.

“As usual @POTUS wears a single ear piece for translation in his right ear,” Spicer wrote on Twitter in response to a tweet by BBC reporter James Landale suggesting that Trump was not listening to a translation of Gentiloni’s address.

As usual @POTUS wears a single ear piece for translation in his right ear https://t.co/Opm2qk1hOQ

— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) May 27, 2017

“A short clip that sums up this G7 summit: look who has chosen not to hear a translation of his Italian host’s speech #G6,” Landale had tweeted earlier. 

A short clip that sums up this G7 summit: look who has chosen not to hear a translation of his Italian host’s speech #G6 pic.twitter.com/6pXbBlfvof

— James Landale (@BBCJLandale) May 27, 2017

Trump wrapped up his first trip abroad on Saturday – a nine-day tour across five different countries. The G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily was the final leg of the president’s trip.

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Trump irked some world leaders at the summit over his refusal to pledge support for the Paris climate agreement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the discussion over whether Trump would keep the U.S. in the accord or withdraw “very difficult.”

“The whole discussion on the topic of climate was very difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory,” she said, according to The Associated Press.