Kananaskis, June 17 -- US President Donald Trump has cut short his visit to Canada, where he was to attend G7 Summit meetings, to return to Washington DC a day earlier amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel.

The White House announced that he is returning early to deal with "what's going on in the Middle East."

As part of its push to destroy nuclear program in Iran, Israel is ramping up its attacks on Tehran.

Trump said he has to be back as soon as he can and announced that the US had signed a trade deal with UK.

In response to shouted questions about why he's leaving early, Trump said, "I have to be back." He stated, "You probably see what I see and I have to be back as soon as I can."

Trump said he thought the group had "g...