‘Trudeau’s a behind-your-back guy,’ Bolton recalls Trump saying, as revealed in the former U. S. national security advisor's explosive new memoir
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.U.S. President Donald Trump “didn’t really like” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and ordered his staffers to disparage him in television interviews after the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, according to an explosive new memoir by Mr. Trump’s former national security advisor.
The book, a copy of which was obtained by The Globe and Mail ahead of its publication next week, recounts a lengthy back-and-forth between Mr. Trump, Mr. Trudeau and French President Emanuel Macron as the leaders tried to agree on a joint communiqué at the Charlesvoix summit in June of 2018.Mr. Trump “didn’t really like either Trudeau or Macron,” Mr. Bolton writes, and the three sparred in the meetings. Ultimately Mr.
“Just go after Trudeau. Don’t knock the others. ‘Trudeau’s a behind-your-back guy,’” Mr. Bolton quotes Mr. Trump telling economic adviser Larry Kudlow. He and other advisers dutifully took shots at Mr. Trudeau on TV. In one interview, trade advisor Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to “weak and dishonest Justin Trudeau” and said he would go to “hell” for crossing Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bolton says Mr. Chrétien was “never a friend of the U.S.” and argued that “Canada should simply not abide by our extradition treaty.” Mr. Bolton, a foreign policy hawk who favours more American intervention around the world, worked for the Bush administration when Mr. Chrétien refused to join the invasion of Iraq.
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