Trump Made Up Trade Claim with Trudeau

[babylonsister]

#stillamoron

https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/15/trump-made-up-trade-claim-with-trudeau/

Trump Made Up Trade Claim with Trudeau
March 15, 2018 at 5:20 am EDT
By Taegan Goddard

“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 the case,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Trump: “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. 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.”

He added: “… So, he’s proud. I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know… I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid… And I thought they were smart. I said, ‘You’re wrong, Justin.’ He said, ‘Nope, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Well, in that case, I feel differently,’ I said, ‘but I don’t believe it.’ I sent one of our guys out, his guy, my guy, they went out, I said, ‘Check, because I can’t believe it.’”

[mnmoderatedem]

1. what kind of babbling bullshit is THAT?

oh but words. He has the best words.

[greymattermom]

2. He's playing out The Emporor Has No Clothes

and the children are rescuing us from this horror, just like in the book.

[malaise]

3. Well a pathological LIAR

cannot change his stripes.
Why does anyone believe anything this scumbag says?

[Frustratedlady]

4. We're just lucky it was with Trudeau, as he understands what a drip we have in the WH.

He probably face-palmed and filed the statement in his, "You'll never guess what that asshole below us said to me, today!" folder. He continues to amaze.

As a remedy, I've begged our Canadian neighbors to trade, but they won't budge.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. The problem is

Trump's lying is the new normal.

Few are noticing or care.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Did Trump have any idea he was meeting with a genuine political rock star?

Trudeau is as close as it gets to North American French Canadian Royalty!

I mean to French Canada, he is the guy!