Prime Minister Justin Trudeau behind closed doors told attendees of the Canada-U.S. Economic Summit that U.S. President Donald Trump views absorbing Canada as a “real thing.”
After Trudeau made his opening address at the summit in Toronto on Feb. 7, media were told to leave the room but a microphone left open picked up the prime minister speaking to the business leaders, CBC News reported on Feb. 7.
“Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing,” Trudeau reportedly said when discussing U.S. interest in Canadian critical minerals. “In my conversations with him on…,” he added before the microphone cut out….