At one point, he began criticizing Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was leading Canada’s negotiations with the United States on the trade deal that both allies announced three days later. “She hates America,” Trump said, referring to Canada’s negotiator without using Freeland’s name. In those public remarks, Trump said, “We don’t like their representative very much,” again without saying Freeland’s name, but referring to her directly. But then Trump revealed that the king recently called him personally to ask for the United States’ help with an unspecified but large military operation. With a normal president in a normal environment, Trump saying that two foreign leaders “hate America” while donors chuckle might precipitate a major diplomatic incident.

Source: thestar October 03, 2018 00:33 UTC