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Trump Disses Trudeau on the World Stage

The U.S. president complains about Canada: “We’re not getting along at all with their negotiators.”
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

In what may have been the frostiest moment for U.S.-Canada relations in months, President Trump said Wednesday that he’d rejected a request to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the United Nations. Earlier, Trudeau also reportedly got a chilly reception from Trump when he approached the leader for a handshake.

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