If there is one thing we all know at this point, it is that cameras are always running.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Macron, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apparently forgot that, as all three were caught on video clearly mocking Trump.
It’s All on Film
The three men were standing together at a cocktail reception with a fourth man who has not yet been identified.
While they did not name Trump, it is fairly clear who they were talking about.
Johnson asks Macron, “Is that why you were late?”
Trudeau then interjects, stating, “He was late because he [Trump] takes a 40-minute press conference off the top.”
He then stated, “Oh, ya, ya, ya… he announced…”
At this point, you cannot hear with Trudeau is saying, but Macron appears to be very animated, no doubt expressing his dissatisfaction with Trump calling him out on ISIS during the press conference as well as the fact France does not pay its fair share.
Trudeau then interjects, “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
At that point, they appear to be giggling like a bunch of little school girls gossiping in the schoolyard…
.@JustinTrudeau, @EmmanuelMacron, @BorisJohnson and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions @realDonaldTrump by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool) pic.twitter.com/dVgj48rpOP
— Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) December 3, 2019
Media All Over It
It did not take long for the media and anti-Trumpers to jump all over this.
One of Trump’s biggest detractors in the media, the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, stated, “Can’t get over this video, both for the fact that POTUS hates the thought of anyone laughing at him and for the fact that he long used ‘other countries are laughing at us’ as an attack against his predecessors.”
Ian Bremmer, a political commentator, stated, “This happens at every NATO summit with Trump. Every G7. Every G20. The US President is mocked by US allies behind his back.”
When Trump was asked about the video during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump, while stating that Trudeau was a “nice guy,” he also called him “two-faced.”
Trump stated that Trudeau’s comments and conduct were more than likely due to the fact Trump had previously called him out for not paying his fair share to NATO as well.
Trump then sent out a tweet stating that he would not be holding an evening press conference after the meetings wrap up…
Great progress has been made by NATO over the last three years. Countries other than the U.S. have agreed to pay 130 Billion Dollars more per year, and by 2024, that number will be 400 Billion Dollars. NATO will be richer and stronger than ever before….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2019
….When today’s meetings are over, I will be heading back to Washington. We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days. Safe travels to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2019
Knowing Trump, this is not going to sit well and the plane ride home will be an all-out effort to keep him from tweeting.
You could see it in Trump’s face during the Merkel press conference that he was pissed, and that now has to stew for about 12 hours on a plane.
Based on the video I saw of Trump at the airport as he boarded Air Force One, he is absolutely furious, as you could just see his head was about to explode.
If you thought Trump went after these countries over NATO before, wait until he hits the ground and figures out a way to hit back.
Strap in folks, because this ride is about to get very bumpy.
Source: Fox News
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