Trump Advisers Slam Trudeau's ‘Betrayal’ Days Before Kim Summit
- Economic adviser Kudlow: Canadian ‘stabbed us in the back’
- Navarro says there’s now a special place in hell for Canada PM
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President Donald Trump’s disavowal of a joint statement after the Group of Seven meeting was made to avoid looking weak going into the North Korea summit after “sophomoric” comments by Canada’s Justin Trudeau, a top aide said.
Trudeau “really kind of stabbed us in the back,” White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, calling on the Canadian to apologize. Trudeau’s office, in turn, said what the Canadian leader said on Saturday was nothing new.