Posted on 12/03/2019 3:04:37 PM PST by ransomnote
Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Before Bilateral Meeting | London, United Kingdom
Winfield House London, United Kingdom
3:33 P.M. GMT
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much, everybody. A question was asked just a little while ago about supporting the people protesting in Iran and are going through a very tough period. And we do support them totally and have supported them from the beginning.
The question was asked: Do we support them I thought financially? And we havent supported them. I dont know that weve ever been actually asked to support them, financially. And I you know, if somebody asked, maybe we would. But we support them very, very seriously. The people that are protesting in Iran, theyre looking for their freedom, and we are fully in support of them.
So I wanted to just in case anybody had any questions. We havent been asked to support them, financially, which I assume thats what the question was. But just to make sure everybody understood it.
Its an honor to be with a friend of mine who just had a great election victory. Congratulations.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: Thank you, Donald.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: And done a very good job. And we actually have a very good relationship and a good relationship, in terms of our countries.
Were working on the USMCA. Were trying to get Nancy Pelosi to put it up for a vote. You know, if it gets put up for a vote, it passes. But, so far, she hasnt decided to do that. Its up to her. Its actually a single individual has the the Speaker of the House its that persons decision, and shes the Speaker of the House.
And its a great deal for Mexico and for Canada and for the United States. And its a lot of jobs for everybody, and it replaces a deal thats really a lousy deal, a bad deal, for I can tell you I cant refer to you, but I would say, for the United States, that the deal that we have right now is terrible NAFTA. Terrible. Been a terrible deal for the United States.
So we look forward to being able to vote on take the vote on USMCA. Its been there for a long time. And at some point, perhaps the President of Mexico we have a wonderful man there, you know. He really is. Hes been a wonderful man. Theyll get tired and the Prime Minister will get tired and hell say, Look, lets forget this deal. And I could understand it if you did. Its been sitting in Congress now for six or seven months. And its a great deal for everybody.
So, hopefully, they can get it done and get it done fast. And its one of the few transactions, I think, where all three countries benefit, really, as a unit against the world, if you look at it. It really is a unit against the world. And thats the way we looked at it right from the beginning. So we hope thats the case.
Again, congratulations. Were going to be talking about a number of subjects, including additional trade to that, and the military and the military presence. And its great being at NATO. We had some real success, I think, and some very successful talks having to do with NATO.
As you know, a lot of the countries have stepped up and theyre putting in at least 130 [billion] probably the exact number is $131 billion more. And thats great. And they have commitments for $400 billion. So it really has become a force.
And as weve discussed in the past, theres going to be great flexibility shown now with NATO. We can go to other parts of the world, not just one focus; its a lot of focuses. And we need a lot of focuses. We need a lot of focus.
Well be looking at other forms of terror. Well be looking at other countries. Well be looking at countries that are aggressive, and not just one particular part of this world.
So, I think NATO has become a very big factor over the last two or three years. Youve been involved. Ive been involved. And a lot of good things have happened. And its great to have you here. Thank you very much. Thank you. Congratulations.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: Thank you. Its a real pleasure to be sitting down with President Trump. The relationship between Canada and the United States is incredibly strong. I dont think its ever been stronger.
Our work together on the USMCA, as we move forward towards ratification, has been really tremendous. Its been its been a great process working with between your team and our team, working with the Mexicans, as well.
We know that were here for NATO the 70th anniversary, extremely important. The American strength in ensuring that people are stepping up, in terms of their military investments, is certainly something weve recognized in Canada. Were increasing our defense investments by 70 percent over these 10 years because we know that making sure that everyone is there to step up and deliver is really important.
We have an enhanced forward battle group in Latvia. Were leading the command mission in Baghdad. Canadians are a strong part of this Alliance, and well continue to be.
But this is just a great opportunity for me to sit down with the President and talk about the many issues in which we align and we work together.
(Speaks in French.)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That sounded very good. (Laughter.) Any questions, please?
Q Yeah. Mr. President, climate change is a top priority for the Prime Minister here, as well as for President Macron earlier. Weve not heard you talk about it on this trip, and it doesnt appear to be on your agenda. Are you thinking about that issue? And why is it not
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think about it all the time, Phil. And, honestly, climate change is very important to me. And, you know, Ive done many environmental impact statements over my life. And I believe in I believe very strongly in very, very crystal clear, clean water and clean air. Thats a big part of climate change.
I also see whats happening with our oceans, where certain countries are dumping unlimited loads of things in it. They float they tend to float toward the United States. I see that happening, and nobody has ever seen anything like it, and its gotten worse.
But, no, its very important to me also. But I want clean air and clean water. That would be number one and number two. Very important.
Yes.
Q Are you concerned about rising sea levels at all, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: You know, Im concerned about everything. But Im also concerned about nuclear proliferation, which I think is a very important topic, and its a topic that were going to discuss today.
Im you know, the whole situation with nuclear, to me, is very, very important, as weve been discussing today at the various meetings that weve had. I think thats something that has to be taken care of and it has to be dealt with very strongly.
Okay?
Q Mr. President, are you happy with Canadian defense spending as it is right now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Say it?
Q Are you happy with Canadian defense spending as it is right now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, theyre moving up, and theyre moving up substantially. And theyre starting to do very well, economically. And that has something to do with it. And, yeah, theyre getting up to a level thats getting to be very acceptable. They have been under the 2 percent, obviously, but theyre moving up. We discuss it. Im satisfied with it.
Q Do you plan to discuss Huawei, Mr. President?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Excuse me?
Q Do you plan to discuss Huawei?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well discuss that. Yes, well discuss that. Well be discussing that, yes.
Q Whats your message to the Prime Minister about Huawei and using it in the next generation of cell phone networks in Canada?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we find a security problem with it. And, you know and Canada is going to make a decision at some point. But we find I just speak for the United States, and we have ability to do a lot of things. Weve actually advanced very far on 5G much further than anyone really knows. Ajit Pai has headed it up, and hes very good. And we have a lot of a lot of action going on, with respect to 5G.
Were not using Huawei. And were were really some of the some of our great companies are getting much involved with 5G right now.
But, no, we find a tremendous security problem with respect to Huawei.
Q Mr. President, on the nuclear issue: Your comments a little earlier about Russia the governments of Russia and China trying to come to the table on some sort of agreement on nuclear nonproliferation your description of those conversations that youve had with those leaders doesnt really mesh with what theyve said publicly. I was hoping you might be able to elaborate when was the last time you
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Is not what they said publicly?
Q Yeah. Can you talk about when
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, look, weve had weve had discussions and weve also had communications. And I can tell you, on behalf of both, theyd like to see something done with it.
Now, does that mean theyll agree to do some- Im the one that terminated the agreement. And I terminated it because they were not living it up to it. And we dont want to be living up to an agreement and they dont. And so it wasnt fair. But it was also a very obsolete agreement. You know, it covered things that, frankly, didnt matter anymore.
We are looking at doing a new agreement with Russia, and were looking at doing a new agreement with China. And maybe the three of us will do it together. And they do want to do it.
I can tell you that, with China, we were at a trade meeting, and the subject I broached the subject, and they were very excited about it. No, theyd like to do it.
We may do it with Russia first and then go to China, or we may to it altogether. Or it may not happen. I mean, to be honest with you, maybe it wont happen. But we are spending a lot of money on nuclear. And we have new nuclear and we have tremendous renovations of our older capability.
And I have to tell you, I see the kind of damage that were talking about and the kind of power that we have, and its a very it would be a very sad day if we ever had to use it. Its a very good thing if we could do something to stop making that, fixing that. Well see what happens.
Now, there are other countries. But, in terms of the world, were number one, by far. Russia is number two. And China would be number three. China is not you know, China will be pretty even over a period of four or five years.
But its a tremendous expense for them and for us for everybody. The destructive capability is really unacceptable.
So well see if we can do something. I think Russia and I think China would like to do it very much.
Q President Trump, on NATO spending, you called member countries and the Allied countries in the past delinquent for not meeting the 2 percent standard. Where would you put Canada in that, as theyre not
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Slightly delinquent, Id say Canada. But theyll be okay. I have confidence. Just slightly delinquent. But, no, some are major delinquent. Some are some are way below 1 percent, and thats unacceptable.
And then, if something happens, were supposed to protect them, and its not really fair. And it never has been fair. And theyre paying up we are talking to Germany tomorrow. And theyre they are starting to come along. They have to. They have to. Otherwise, if they dont want to, Ill have to do something with respect to trade.
Q So Canada is okay for now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: And with trade, I have all the cards. Weve built a we have built something in the last three years thats been incredible. Youve seen it. Were up $21 trillion, and China is down about $32 trillion.
And as you know, for years, Ive been hearing that it was 2019. In 2019, Chinas going to become the largest economy. Well, that didnt happen. Were much larger than China now, because weve gone up and theyve gone down. And theyve had their worst year in 56 or 57 years now. By far, theyve had the worst year that theyve had, that they know of. And and we dont want that, frankly. But what they were doing was wrong. And I think theyre going to stop it. And they want to and they want to make a deal very badly.
Yes.
Q On that question, would you commit if theres a country thats delinquent, as you put it, in paying for their defense spending, will you commit, as President of the United States, to defend them if they were attacked?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you know, Im going to be discussing that today. And its a very interesting question, isnt it? And, you know, it also depends on what your definition of delinquent is.
For instance, if you have a country thats paying only 1 percent and you have some that are paying less than 1 percent, and they shouldnt be you have some that are paying less than 1 percent, and theyre wealthy countries, on top of everything. Now we go to a new year, and they dont pay. And now we go to yet another year, and they dont play. Well, now, I ask you: Do they have to pay for the back years? Okay?
Now, so why is it that they owe us for this year, but every time a new year comes out, they dont have to pay? Its wrong. Its not right.
So, I mean, you have I could say that you could go back 25 years. I wont do that with Canada, of course. But, no, but you could go back you can go back, you know, right from the beginning, where they were short of whatever goal it was at the time. Its 2 percent now. Two percent is very low. It should be 4 percent. Two percent is very low. But you have some that are well short of that. But they were short of it last year, the year before, the year before, the year before, right? So theyre short all these years. Well, in theory, you dont just say, Thats okay. You dont have to have ever pay. I mean, they really owe all that money from the past. Thats the way I look at it.
If Germany, as an example, is paying 1 percent and theyre supposed to be paying 2 percent youre talking about billions of dollars well, that means that last year, the year before, the year before all of those years, they would owe us money.
Youre talking about really, youre talking about trillions of dollars. Nobody has ever brought that up. They just keep talking about the present. So if theyre short one year, and then you go into the new year, they never talk about the year that they didnt pay. But they actually, in theory, owe us that money. Its not fair. Its not fair.
Q Mr. President, just regarding China. When you met the Prime Minister in June, you talked about being or trying to help with the two prisoners that are Canadians, that are in China.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah.
Q Have you made any
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have. And I think weve made progress. And I had mentioned that to President Xi, as you know, because it was a big subject at the time. And I just hope theyre be treated well. But I put in a very, very strong word for those two prisoners.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: Theres still more to do.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Now, I havent spoken to him recently, to be honest with you. I dont think he likes me so much anymore, but thats okay.
Q So, Mr. President, Canada does not meet the 2 percent standard. Should it have a plan to meet the 2 percent standard?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, well put them on a payment plan, you know? Well put Canada on a payment plan, right? Im sure the Prime Minister would love that.
What are you at? What what is your number?
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: The number we talk about is a 70 percent increase over these past years, including and for the coming years including significant investments in our fighter jets, significant investments in our naval fleets. We are increasing significantly our defense spending from previous governments that cut it.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Okay, where are you now, in terms of your number?
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: Were at 1.35
AIDE: (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: 1.3.
AIDE: 1.4
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: 1.4. And were continuing to move forward.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Theyll get there. Theyre getting there. Theyve theyve they know its important to do that. And their economy is doing well. Theyll get there quickly, I think.
And look, its to their benefit.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: And the President knows well, as well, that Canada has been there for every NATO deployment. We have consistently stepped up, sent our troops into harms way. Were leading in Iraq. Were leading in NATO in Latvia. We continue to step up, like like most of our Allies. There are some countries that, even though they might reach the 2 percent, dont step up nearly as much. And I think its important to look at what is actually being done.
And the United States and all NATO Allies know that Canada is a solid, reliable partner. Well continue to defend NATO and defend our interests.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: And we do have tremendous coordination with radar, with all of the different things that, you know technologically, we have tremendous coordination between Canada and the United States. So, thats good.
Yes.
Q Mr. President, to turn back to impeachment, you met with Clinton advisor Mark Penn last month. What did you learn from that meeting? And what advice are you getting on impeachment?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are winning so big. We had our biggest fundraising month ever. Weve had last quarter was unbelievable. I have my best poll numbers that Ive ever had.
The impeachment hoax is going nowhere. The Republican Party has never been so unified as it is right now. I have never seen anything like it.
You know, I used to tell you I said: The one thing the Republicans are better politicians, they have better policies. But the Democrats do stick together.
The Democrats like open borders. They like sanctuary cities. They like a lot of things that are not good. But they do stick together. Well, the Republican Party, on this whole impeachment hoax has been like glue, because they know its a hoax. Its a way of hurting the Republican Party beyond me. Its a way of trying to hurt the Republican Party and a lot of great people.
And the the people arent standing for it. And a lot of these Democrats went back over the weekend and over the last week and a half you know, they talk about how how much of an emergency everything is and then they go away for two weeks. They went back to their districts and they are getting hammered in their districts. I mean, I see whats going on, especially the Trump districts where I won by a lot. I have districts where I won by a lot. You people know it better than anybody.
And we had a lot of great elections recently. We had the two big victories in North Carolina, I told you before. We had in Kentucky, we won everything other than the governorship. And the governor I brought up almost 19 points. He won by just he lost by just a few votes. And Louisiana was a long shot. It was less than 1 percent. He came up 12 or 14 points a lot.
Weve and we won everything else. And we won everything else and, by the way, in Mississippi, we won the governorship. Very close race. And it was tied going in two days before. I went up, we made a speech. We had a rally, and he won by a lot. And we have a wonderful governor in Mississippi, and everybody else won. So, other than the two races. But they both both candidates went up a lot.
We have never had the spirit that weve had. I really believe I think I can honestly say I dont think weve ever had the spirit that we have right now in the Republican Party. And the impeachment hoax is whats done it. So, thats the way it is.
But you people you know what? Honestly, I think you people know that better than I do. Please.
Q Mr. President, the Dow is down more than 400 points right now, in part over the comments you made earlier in this room about the China trade deal extending past 2020.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thats okay. Well, its up let me tell you, we took it up it was about at 16,000 or 15,000, and now its almost at 30,000. Its going to be at 30,000.
No, I have to tell you, if its not going to be a good deal, Im not signing a deal. Its peanuts compared to what we have picked up record numbers in our stock markets. So, thats okay. I mean, thats the way I feel. I have to make the right deal. Im not going to make a deal thats not going to be great for our country. And it cant be an even deal. If its an even deal, its no good, because China other Presidents and leaders of our country have really let us down because they let China get away with get away with something that should have never been allowed to happen. Billions and billions of dollars a year were lost in dealing with China, by by foolish people, or by people that didnt care or by people that didnt know how.
We rebuilt China. And I give China great credit. And I dont even blame China because our people should have done what they did. But what theyve done is weve lost $150 billion, then $200 billion, then $400 billion to China. They rebuilt China with the money that they took out of the United States. And thats where they were and thats where it is. And now were taking in billions of dollars in tariffs. And, by the way, theyre eating it. You know, remember, you used to tell me how it will cost us theyre eating that money because they dont want to lose their supply chains. And I dont want them to lose their supply chains, but if it happens, it happens.
And thats where it is. They want to make a deal, but I like the deal that we have, and the deal that we have could get even better. And I could do it all by myself. So well see what happens. Were at a critical stage.
Theyve called us today and theyve called us yesterday. Were having ongoing discussions. And well see what happens.
But if the stock market goes up or down I dont watch the stock market. I watch jobs. Jobs are what I watch. I watch making the proper deal.
Weve been taken advantage of, the United States, by China for so many years at numbers that if you were doing this, you wouldnt have believed it. I came in, I looked at numbers for I mean, ever since the founding of the Chinas entrance into the World Trade Organization, the WTO, the numbers are astronomical that weve given to China, because of Presidents that didnt know, didnt care, or werent smart. So thats over.
As to whether or not we make a deal: They want to make a deal. Well see what happens.
Q Mr. President, a point of clarification on your answer earlier where you talked about the delinquent countries and whether you would commit to defending them if they were attacked. In your answer, does that signal that youre wavering about Article 5 of the NATO Charter?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: It doesnt signal anything.
Q Is that something youre contemplating?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Its just that when a country is delinquent they dont pay and then something happens now, usually, we look at it as a group, and I think I have to look at it as a group, Phil. So I would look at it as a group. But I think its very unfair when a country doesnt pay. So, most likely, Id do something with respect to trade. But thats one of the things well be discussing today.
I have to look at it as a group. You cant say, Well, gee, this country sitting right in the middle is delinquent theyre not paid and something happens to that country. I think its an unlikely circumstance, but I would do something having to do with trade much more so than what youre suggesting.
Q Back to impeachment back to impeachment for a second. Is it your belief now that there will be a Senate trial, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I have no idea. I think theyre making a mistake if they do that, but thats okay. If they do it, they do it. I think its a disgrace. I think the Democrats should be ashamed of themselves.
If you look at impeachment and the word impeachment here, there was nothing wrong. Nothing done wrong. It was a perfect conversation with a very nice gentleman, the President of Ukraine. The conversation was perfect. It was two conversations; they were both perfect. They were transcribed. They were both perfect. And this is what youre going to impeach the President of the United States on?
The Republicans have never been stronger, never been more unified. The Democrats have gone crazy.
And you know what? They have to be careful, because when the shoe is on the other foot, and some day hopefully in a very long, distant future youll have a Democrat President and youll have a Republican House, and theyll do the same thing, because somebody picked an orange out of a refrigerator and you dont like it, so lets go and impeach him.
Its no good. Thats not the way our country is supposed to be run.
Q Mr. President, have you selected a new site for the G7 Summit next year?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We really have. And I think its been more or less announced. Were going to do it at Camp David. And well be doing some very special things at Camp David. Its nearby. Its close. Were going to give very good access to the press. Youll have great access.
And well have a little bit of a Washington, I think, deliverance. Were going to have but it will be Camp David, which is a place that people like.
Q (Inaudible) that your decision to leave Syria and leave the Kurds will affect NATO Allies (inaudible)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not only have we not left the Kurds, were working with the Kurds. We have a very good relationship with the Kurds. And weve taken the oil. Ive taken the oil. We should have done it in other locations, frankly, where we were. I can name four of them right now. But weve taken the oil. And that oil is what what they lived off of. And that was going to be taken away from them, but now our great soldiers are right around the oil. Were weve got the oil.
But if we didnt have it, they wouldnt be able to survive. The Kurds wouldnt be able to survive.
Q In the impeachment inquiry, youve maintained, in a number of these sessions today, that youve done nothing wrong in your conduct with Ukraine. Why wont you permit the Secretary of State or the Acting White House Chief of Staff to testify on your behalf?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I would. Id like them to testify. But these are very unfair hearings. And this gives these unfair, witch-hunt hearings as an example, I just heard today, they get three constitutional lawyers its all nonsense; theyre just wasting their time and we get one. Okay, now nobody has to know anything about constitutional law, but they get three and we get one. Uh, thats not sounding too good. But thats the way it is.
For the hearings, we dont get a lawyer. We dont get any witnesses. We want Biden. We want the son, Hunter. Where is Hunter? We want the son. We want Schiff. We want to interview these people. Well, they said, No, you cant do it. We cant do it.
So when its fair and it will be fair in the Senate. I would love to have Mike Pompeo. Id love to have Mick. Id love to have Rick Perry and many other people testify. But I dont want them to testify when this is a total fix. You know what a fix is? This is a fix.
Just think of it: Tomorrow I dont think anybody is going to watch Im not going to watch, but Im going to be doing this; its much more exciting. But you know what? Tomorrow think of it they get three constitutional lawyers and we get one. Thats not even smart, because its not going to matter. And they take three and they give us one. Who ever heard of anything like that?
No, but I want them to testify, but I want them to testify in the Senate where theyll get a fair trial.
Q What do we want to learn from the Adam Schiff testimony?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: From which?
Q From Adam Schiff.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I learn nothing from Adam Schiff. I think hes a maniac.
Q What would you what would you want to learn if he testifies?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think Adam Schiff is a deranged human being. I think he grew up with a complex, for lots of reasons that are obvious. I think hes a very sick man and he lies. Adam Schiff made up my conversation with the President of Ukraine. And one of the reasons people keep talking about it is thats what they saw.
We have a perfectly beautiful, three-to-four-page transcription, and then, in the other case, a two-page transcription of the conversation. But a lot of people didnt read that. How many people call you a friend of mine called up a top person in New York called up, great friend of mine, very successful: Gee, I didnt like what was said. I said, Oh, where did you see it? Did you read it? No, I didnt read it. I heard Adam Schiff give it. I said, Well, thats not what was said. And I sent him a copy of what was said. He said, This is like this is great. This isnt what he said.
This guy is sick. He made up the conversation. He lied. If he didnt do that in the halls of Congress, hed be thrown into jail. But he did it in the halls of Congress, and hes given immunity. This is a sick person. Hes a liar.
And, by the way, Nancy Pelosi knew he was lying and she went on a show Stephanopoulos and she said he told the truth. So she was lying too.
These people are deranged.
Okay, anybody else?
Q Mr. Prime Minister, the President has suggested that Canada might pull out of USMCA if the U.S. Congress doesnt ratify a deal. Have you ever made that suggestion directly to the President?
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: Weve had lots of great conversations about how were going to keep moving forward to benefit workers in all three of our countries and we are very confident that were going to be able to get there. I know Ambassador Lighthizer and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland and the Mexican negotiators are engaged very closely on this issue. Weve very, very hopeful that were going to have good news news, soon.
Q (Speaks in French.) (No translation provided.)
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: (Speaks in French.) (No translation provided.)
Q Mr. Prime Minister, is it your plan to have discussions about Turkey and its role in NATO with your meeting with the President?
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: I think theres a range of discussions that were going to have during this meeting. I look forward to having an opportunity to chat with the President
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That will come up in the meeting. Yeah.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: on a range of things. But including including the various challenges and reflections we have to have on how we move forward as NATO and how we make sure that were responding to the real challenges the world sees right now.
Q And do you have any plan to talk about the extradition of Meng Wanzhou?
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: We will absolutely be bringing up bringing up the issue of China and the detained Canadians.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Okay? Thank you very much, everybody.
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4:03 P.M. GMT
Q Are you concerned about rising sea levels at all, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: You know, Im concerned about everything. But Im also concerned about nuclear proliferation, which I think is a very important topic, and its a topic that were going to discuss today.
Im you know, the whole situation with nuclear, to me, is very, very important, as weve been discussing today at the various meetings that weve had. I think thats something that has to be taken care of and it has to be dealt with very strongly.
In the fine tradition of not reading the story before commenting I hope Trump told the little puffer to “SHUT UP BITCH”
“PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: on a range of things. But including including the various challenges and reflections we have to have on how we move forward as NATO and how we make sure that were responding to the real challenges the world sees right now. “
Vague cliche-speak. Said absolutely nothing.
“PRESIDENT TRUMP: I learn nothing from Adam Schiff. I think hes a maniac. “
Very clear, concise.
If we ever get a president that reverts to Trudeau-speak, we ought to start throwing rocks.
I’m wondering if those quotes I read were accurate... That Prince Justine referred to the President of the United States by his first name...
As a Canadian, I just facepalmed at that level of diplomatic disrespect, and passive-aggressiveness. But then again, this is “Dreamy” Turd-Owe, Jr., who apparently can’t be expected to afford the President of our most important trading partner with the proper and appropriate (and respectful) diplomatic title of: “Mr. President.”?
(I don’t have enough hands to render the level of facepalm I feel the need to express).
Trump congratulates Trudeau on winning an election. What election? Not the national election for prime minister, I hope.
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