The Trump administration sent out spin doctors this morning to place all the blame on the G-7 fiasco on the Canadian Prime Minister. CBS reports:
“In a press conference Saturday after a contentious G7 meeting, Trudeau said that Canada had been insulted by the Trump administration’s tariffs and that his country would go ahead with its own retaliatory measures by July 1.
Following Trudeau’s statements, Mr. Trump retracted his endorsement of the final statement from the G7, tweeting on Air Force One on the way to Singapore that he had instructed U.S. representatives “not to endorse” the missive. He blamed Trudeau’s statement that Canada will not be “pushed around” on trade.”
Trump’s economic adviser Larry Kudlow took to the Sunday morning political shows to defend Trump and he came off a whole like Trump himself, melting down on TV.
Larry Kudlow: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "betrayed" President Trump at G7, "should have known better" https://t.co/nBaNbVN4nA pic.twitter.com/U4ABP2OnxT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 10, 2018
“Stabbed us in the back,” polarizing,” “sophomoric,” “decieved us,” “political stunt,” “betrayal” — How Larry Kudlow just described to @jaketapper Trudeau’s criticism of the Trump tariffs at his presser. In Kudlow’s view, Trump was “charming” and acting in “good faith” at the G-7
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 10, 2018
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau "went rogue" at the G7 summit and is "pouring collateral damage on this whole Korean trip," says White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow #CNNSOTU https://t.co/aTWIJsWtqS https://t.co/RMKSXPFWIC
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 10, 2018
This all came after Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets about Trudeau.
PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018
Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018
One thing that is kind of puzzling is that both Kudlow and Trump haven’t said what the exact “betrayal” or “false statement” was.
It’s genuinely unclear what Trump and Kudlow are complaining about. Trump left the G-7 and did a news conference bashing Canada on trade. Then Trudeau did a news conference in which he said the same things about the steel/aluminum tariffs he’s been saying for a week.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2018
Meanwhile, Trudeau himself hasn’t responded via Twitter yet, but he sure has his share of defenders.
Justin Trudeau's former foreign policy adviser calls Trump a "pathetic little man-child." https://t.co/f66eHbf0aY
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/rolandparis/status/1005593544629760000
Watch what else Kudlow told CNN’s Jake Tapper above.
