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Watch a Humiliated Trump Skulk Away From NATO Summit Early to Fly Back to the U.S.
Donald Trump abruptly canceled his NATO press conference and lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after a video appeared to show several world leaders mocking and laughing at him, and quickly got of our dodge to head back to the U.S.
A video that was widely shared on social media showed Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth, apparently mocking Trump’s impromptu Monday press conferences at the NATO summit in London.
Trudeau said he “watched Trump’s team’s jaws drop the floor” when the president made an announcement.
.@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
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Another video appeared to show Queen Elizabeth scold Princess Anne for not greeting Trump with the other royals.
The Queen chastising Princess Anne for not greeting Trump and Anne not giving a single shit is the mood we all need to take into today pic.twitter.com/W5cCFlq2Ui
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) December 4, 2019
Trump was not happy when asked about the video of leaders laughing at him, and lashed out at Trudeau when asked about it on Wednesday.
“Well, he’s two-faced,” Trump said. “And honestly, with Trudeau, he’s a nice guy, I find him to be a very nice guy. But the truth is I called him out on the fact that he’s not paying 2 percent, and I guess he’s not very happy about it,” he added, referring to Canada’s NATO contributions.
President Trump on Justin Trudeau: "Well he's two-faced." https://t.co/h2H7t5kDeE pic.twitter.com/nAurTkVAdJ
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2019
After lashing out at Trudeau, Trump announced that he would cancel his Wednesday press conference.
“I will be heading back to Washington,” he tweeted. “We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days.”
“I think we’ve had plenty of questions,” he said during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Trudeau said at a news conference on Wednesday that the impromptu press conference Trump held on Tuesday “was what I was sharing at the dinner.” He added that his “jaws dropped” comment was in reference to Trump’s announcement that the next G7 summit would be held at Camp David, after Trump initially wanted to hold it at his Doral golf resort.
Trudeau said he does not believe the video will affect his relationship with the president and said they had a good meeting.
Regardless, the one thing Trump hates is when powerful people make fun of him. So once his last meeting was concluded, he immediately bolted for Washington DC.
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