President Donald Trump withdrew from a joint statement with G-7 allies on trade because he needed to show toughness before his historic negotiations with Kim Jong Un, according to his chief economic adviser.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump withdrew from a joint statement with G-7 allies on trade because he needed to show toughness before his historic negotiations with Kim Jong Un, according to his chief economic adviser.
“POTUS is not going to let a Canadian prime minister push him around… on the eve of this,” Larry Kudlow told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “He’s not going to permit any show of weakness on the trip to negotiations with North Korea.”
Trump was ticked off by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taking amateur “pot shots” at him during a press conference after Trump left the G-7 summit en route to Singapore, Kudlow said.
