Trump Confirms He Made Inflammatory Off-The-Record Comments About Canada During Bloomberg Interview

Trump Confirms He Made Inflammatory Off-The-Record Comments About Canada During Bloomberg Interview

Hours after Toronto Star’s Daniel Dale bombshell report on President Donald Trump’s supposedly off-the-record comments during Thursday’s Bloomberg interview, the president took to Twitter to complain that he’d been “BLATANTLY VIOLATED” by the leak while simultaneously confirming he’d made the remarks.

“Wow, I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS to Bloomberg concerning Canada, and this powerful understanding was BLATANTLY VIOLATED,” POTUS tweeted Friday afternoon. “Oh well, just more dishonest reporting. I am used to it. At least Canada knows where I stand!”

As Dale’s report noted, Trump told Bloomberg that he was not going to make any compromises in his NAFTA talks with Canada and if the remarks went public “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal.”

“I can’t kill these people,” he noted, adding that any potential deal with Canada will be “totally on our terms.”

By Friday morning, the leaked remarks had upended trade discussions between the two countries, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeing it as proof that Trump was never planning on offering any compromises.

Following Trump’s tweet, Dale noted that the president had confirmed his story and pointed out that he “won’t be commenting on the source of the leaked quotes.”

So what are the chances that the president himself was the leaker and he did this in an effort to disrupt the talks and create drama? Hmmmmm…

Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona is the founder/publisher of Contemptor and a contributor to The Daily Beast. He was previously the Cable News Correspondent for Mediaite and prior to starting Contemptor, he worked on the editorial staff of PoliticusUSA. During that time, he had his work quoted by USA Today and BBC News, among others. Justin began his published career as a political writer for 411Mania. He resides in St. Louis, MO with his wife and pets.

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