Trump Boasted to Donors That He Made Up Facts in Meeting With Justin Trudeau

Audio recording of a Wednesday fundraiser showed President Donald Trump boasting about making up facts in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In the recording , obtained by the Washington Post, Trump said he told his Canadian counterpart that the United States has a trade deficit with Trudeau’s country, despite having no idea whether it did.

Per the Post:

“Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’ ” Trump said, mimicking Trudeau, according to audio obtained by The Washington Post. “Nice guy, good-looking guy, comes in — ‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ He’s very proud because everybody else, you know, we’re getting killed.

“… So, he’s proud. I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. … I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid. … And I thought they were smart. I said, ‘You’re wrong, Justin.’ He said, ‘Nope, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Well, in that case, I feel differently,’ I said, ‘but I don’t believe it.’ I sent one of our guys out, his guy, my guy, they went out, I said, ‘Check, because I can’t believe it.’

‘Well, sir, you’re actually right. We have no deficit, but that doesn’t include energy and timber. … And when you do, we lose $17 billion a year.’ It’s incredible.”

Watch the Trump remarks, and Morning Joe’s reaction to the story above.

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