Donald Trump caught on hot mic mocking Trudeau and boasting how his ‘two-faced’ gossip row will make headlines
DONALD Trump has himself been caught on hot mic revelling in the headlines generated for denouncing Justin Trudeau as “two faced” after the Canadian PM was caught gossiping about him.
The US President had given Trudeau the cold shoulder for poking fun at him with Emmanuel Macron.
Furious Trump responded by blasting the Canadian Prime Minister this afternoon as “two-faced” — before fleeing the Nato summit early and cancelling a planned press conference.
But now the US President has himself been caught out gossiping and the end of his lunch meeting as he apparently revelled in the headlines.
He was heard saying: “Oh, and then you know what they’ll say?
“He didn’t do a press conference.
“He didn’t do a press conference. That was funny when I said the guy’s two-faced, you know that.”
Last night the Canadian leader was caught chatting about Trump by a hot mic at Buckingham Palace.
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Earlier awkward photos showed the President appearing to throw up a hand to the smiling Canadian leader with his back turned.
Asked by a reporter about the exchange last night, Trump blasted: “Well, he’s two faced.”
“Honestly, with Trudeau, he’s a nice guy. But I called him out on the fact he’s not paying two per cent.
“And I guess he is not very happy about.
“He is not paying two per cent, he should be. They have money.”
While sitting next to Angela Merkel, Trump says Germany is a “little under” in its NATO contributions and that “they’ll talk about it”.
The US President then said he was due to wrap up his meetings and leave the conference – he was due to make a press conference at 3pm but spoke earlier instead before departing.
“I think we’ve done plenty of press conference, we’ve answered plenty of questions,” he said.
“We’ve had a tremendous two days.
“We’ll be having a meeting with Denmark.
“Then we’ll probably be flying directly back to Washington.”
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Last night Trudeau and a group including Boris Johnson and Princess Anne joked about a “40-minute press conference” that had run late.
The video, from the reporting pool via the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, offered little context but saw Johnson ask Macron “is that why you were late?”
It was then that Trudeau interjected, saying: “He’s late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top.”
Another part of the conversation saw Trudeau later chuckling: “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
But the PM denied he was laughing at Mr Trump’s expense, adding: “That’s complete nonsense I don’t know where that’s come from.”
Trudeau insisted today he has an “excellent and very productive relationship with Mr Trump.”
He claimed he was talking about Trump’s “impromptu press conference” in the hot mic incident, and the “jaw dropping moment” was when he announced that the US could host the next G7 at Camp David.
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