it was us, canada, france, the uk, italy, germany, japan, and russia. that's eight, it was the g8, from the late 90s on. and you know the g8 and the g 8 had drama. there were often big anti-globalization protests targeting the annual g 8 meetings. there was once a big spending scandal involving the u.k. when the u.k. hosted the g 8 once. it was also really super awkward one year when italy hosted the g8 after their prime minister got busted in one of -- just one of his sex with underaged girls scandals. that happened on the eve of the other g8 leaders arriving to be hosted by berlusconi. the g8 has had aches and pains over the years, but nothing, nothing like what happened that