He didn't. Putin on the other hand did. Trump considers Putin his friend. Putin considers Trump convenient.
Your fantasy world is interesting. Have you been to Narnia lately?
Why does Trump want Putin in the G8? Why was he pleading Putin's case?
Russia has been in the G-8 since 2014. Where is your brain?
They were kicked out in 2014 and the only reason they were let in to begin with was to try to steer them into a more democratic lane. It failed.
It was all over Crimea and with an 83.1 percent voter turnout Crimean's voted to be part of the federation of Russia. Russia is still in the G-20. Members of the G-20 group: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Like I said "Where is all that love you were pushing last year?"
Macron backs Russia's return to G8 if Ukraine conflict resolved | The Japan Times