This is a sequence that did not warm the relations between the participants of the NATO summit. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (December 4th) denounced the "hypocrisy" of the Canadian Prime Minister after the broadcast of a video showing Justin Trudeau apparently trying to joke about him with other country leaders of NATO, the day before, at Buckingham Palace, London.



On these images subtitled by the Canadian channel CBC, we can see the head of the Canadian government to discuss with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, with Princess Anne from England.

"That's why you're late?" asks the head of the British government to Emmanuel Macron. "He is late because he had a 40-minute press conference unexpectedly," replies Justin Trudeau, referring to the point of press between the French head of state and his American counterpart marked by disagreements, including on the question of French jihadist fighters. "Oh, yes, yes, he announced (....) you could see his team falling from the clouds," added the Canadian Prime Minister.

"Hypocritical"

Asked about this on Wednesday at a press briefing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Watford where the summit of the 70th anniversary of NATO was held, Donald Trump said it was "hypocritical" of the from the Canadian leader.

"I think he's a very good guy but you know, the truth is that I reminded him that he did not pay the 2% (of the GDP in defense investment-NDLR) and I see that 'he did not appreciate,' added the US president.

The Canadian prime minister said he was surprised, along with the other leaders, by the announcement of the US president that the next G7 will be held at Camp David.

"I think every leader has teams that have already fallen from the clouds with unexpected surprises, like this video for example," added Justin Trudeau.

Asked at a press conference about the remarks made during this conversation, Emmanuel Macron for his part said that it was "not used to comment on stolen videos."

With REUTERS