The following article by Josh Dawsey, Damian Paletta and Erica Werner was posted on the Washington Post website March 15, 2018:
President Trump said he made up trade information during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Here’s how the two have interacted. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S. ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the United States runs a trade deficit with its neighbor to the north without knowing whether that was true.
“Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’ ” Trump said, mimicking Trudeau, according to audio of the private event in Missouri obtained by The Washington Post. “Nice guy, good-looking guy, comes in — ‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ He’s very proud because everybody else, you know, we’re getting killed. Continue reading “In fundraising speech, Trump says he made up trade claim in meeting with Justin Trudeau”