UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were caught on a hot mic at the Buckingham Palace NATO reception on 3 December, appearing to ridicule Donald Trump for staging lengthy impromptu press conferences in a clip widely shared online.
US President Donald Trump lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a closed-door meeting at the White House with United Nations ambassadors, according to the Daily Beast citing three sources.
A number of foreign officials reportedly were “visibly uncomfortable” over the airing of the president's private grievances, especially those whose leaders were involved in the hot mic video. (The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations was not present at the meeting.)
President Trump was said to have launched a verbal assault on the Canadian prime minister while referring to the French president as a “pain in the ass” and calling him “short,” the outlet quotes a source.
Trump was believed to have also censured Emmanuel Macron for not doing enough to help in recent Iran negotiations.
The press were initially admitted to the gathering, during which the ambassadors thanked the president for inviting them to the White House.
The UN representatives, who hailed from countries such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, South Africa, Russia and China, underscored their interest in working with the US on…
