(CNN)Xrom the moment French President Emmanuel Macron tore up the G7 road map by canceling the joint communique, he transformed the gathering of the world's seven largest advanced democracies.
His tactic opened the door to a weekend of head-snapping spin and surprise, not least that President Trump stayed, smiling and handshaking with the host until the very end.
It was a sharp contrast to Trump's storming out early at the last G7 and testimony to Macron's fleet-footed diplomacy.
The rationale Macron gave behind his eve-of-summit cancellation