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Trump advisor Kudlow: If NK summit fails then Justin Trudeau is to blame and calls him, polarizing, sophomoric, deceptive, amateurish and saying he pulled a political stunt meant to undercut Trump who was nothing less than charming at the G7!
During a manic appearance on CNN on Sunday morning, President Donald Trumps economic advisor Larry Kudlow frantically attacked Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, calling him sophomoric and a back-stabber, while complaining his statement affirming Canadian trade policies after Trump left for his Singapore meet-up with North Koreas Kim Jong-un was designed to make look the president look weak.
Speaking with State of the Union host Jake Tapper, Kudlow picked up from Trump who attacked Trudeau on Twitter on Saturday night, by going after the Canadian politician, alternately calling him, polarizing, sophomoric, deceptive, and amateurish, while saying he pulled a political stunt with his speech meant to undercut Trump who had been nothing less than charming at the G7 summit.
We were very close to making a deal with Canada on NAFTA, bilaterally perhaps, and then we leave and Trudeau pulls this sophomoric political stunt for domestic consumption, Kudlow complained, while adding the agreement that Trump pulled out of he had personally fashioned with Trudeau.
I was there, extensively involved involved in the late night negotiations, Kudlow elaborated. President Trump was charming, everything in good faith. I was in the bilateral meeting with Trudeau and President Trump and they were getting along famously.
According to the presidential adviser, Trudeaus speech after Trump left was a direct attempt to undercut the historic meeting with the North Korean leader in Singapore.
He cant put Trump in a position of being weak going into the North Korean talks, Kudlow excitedly exclaimed. He cant do that. And by the way, President Trump is not weak!
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Link to tweet
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-advisor-kudlow-north-korea-summit-fails-justin-trudeau-blame/
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)Kudlow sounds really desperate, just like the rest of the administration.
Takket
(21,421 posts)basically they couldn't look beyond drumpf being "insulted" at the bigger picture. Say what you want about whether Trudeau should have said anything, the deal should have remained in place, and the pull out was only because drumpf's fragile ego was wounded. A real president should have a thicker skin to take a few shots if it means getting a better deal for the USA.
the emperor has no clothes. Everything that Trump touches turns into crap. I'm a Buddhist, and have been taught that all corrupted things are ultimately unsatisfying. And by that, "corrupted" is meant to mean tainted with self-cherishing. And as we all know, Trump entirely sees the world as it supports his self-cherishing, or creates obstacles to his self-cherishing.
Stinky The Clown
(67,669 posts)I was screaming at the TV. Margaret Brennan did a pretty good job of slapping him down.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)President Trump arrives as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, looks up while they attend a G7 and Gender Equality Advisory Council meeting as part of the summit in Canada on June 9, 2018. Yves HermanReuters
Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)Or the Yankees? But whatever you do, Mr. Kudlow, don't blame Trumpy's love affair with Putin.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)cilla4progress
(24,585 posts)if true!
Will be interesting to see if this raises Trudeau's stature in Canada!
BootinUp
(46,924 posts)Lord only knows whats next these days.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How deluded these people are. I don't understand how they cannot see what most normal, decent people see when they look at Trump. He is the scum of the earth and the stench of his evil emanates from every pore in his fat, flabby orange body.
CrispyQ
(36,221 posts)I think he & Rudy are attention starved & this is their ultimate fix.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,691 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Progressive dog
(6,861 posts)an agreement, that would be a good thing.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)speaks for the USA is a fucking horror in and of itself!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or how about Anthony Bourdain? I'm sure the interviewer on CNN just laughed in Kudlow's insipid face, right?
JHB
(37,128 posts)...then that so-and-so is weak. Extremely weak. The weakest.
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Trump negotiated in good faith?
He suggested Russia should be at the table without mentioning why they were banned. He arrived late, missed his meeting with Macron, showed up late to breakfast, suggested our allies were using the US as a piggybank then left early, dismissing the Climate Change and environmental meetings not worth his time. He acted like a know-nothing, petulant child and embarrassed the US on the world stage.
But Trudeau committed the Great Sin? Kudlow is trying to suggest he had Trudeau ready to sign a bilateral trade agreement, almost had his signature on the line.
This is nothing more than play acting--the strongman and his sycophants bark and yowl. And if the meeting with Kim is a bust? It's all Trudeau's fault; Trudeau betrayed the Trumpster.
These people are traitors!