MELANIA Trump beams as she sips champagne with her fellow G7 wives in Biarritz today – but there was no sign of Boris’ girlfriend Carrie Symonds.
The glamorous leaders’ spouses seemed in great spirits as they enjoyed a tour of a traditional Basque village – and an impromptu wine-tasting session.
Other pictures show the ladies posed outside a bakery during their whirlwind visit to picturesque Espelette, which is close to the summit.
The First Lady was joined by Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, Akie Abe, wife of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chile’s First Lady Cecilia Morel, Jenny Morrison, the wife of Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Malgorzata Tusk, wife of European Council President Donald Tusk.
But missing from the line-up was Boris Johnson’s live-in partner Carrie, who is understood to have not been able to make the trip due to work commitments.
After the tour, the women will join their husbands for dinner as the summit resumes, with Brexit being a priority for Boris.
Over breakfast with the Prime Minister today, Donald Trump hailed “fantastic” trade talks, claiming the US wants a deal sorted in just a year.
As the pair held discussions today on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, the President promised a “huge deal” would happen “quickly” after the UK throws off the “anchor” of Brussels, and praised the new PM as the “right man” to deliver Brexit.
And speaking to the media after discussions with the US President, he claimed that “full of beans” Mr Trump was ambitious that a deal could be reached in just a year.
But Boris played it down, saying he wanted to take time to make sure a wide-reaching agreement was signed.
He also promised today that if there was a no-deal Brexit people would still be able to get their medicine – playing down scare stories that Brits could be in danger due to customs problems at ports.
He said: “That is certainly a guarantee that we can make.”
And on reports of food shortages he insisted: “I think it’s highly unlikely that there will be food shortages of any kind.”
Yesterday, Johnson clashed with European Commission boss Donald Tusk over who would be to blame if the UK were to leave the European Union without a deal in October 31.
On the way to Biarritz, Mr Johnson had told reporters: “I have made it absolutely clear I don’t want a no-deal Brexit.
“But I say to our friends in the EU if they don’t want a no-deal Brexit then we have got to get rid of the backstop from the treaty.
“If Donald Tusk doesn’t want to go down as ‘Mr no-deal Brexit’ then I hope that point will be borne in mind by him too.”
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