Never whisper about Trump near a microphone

Donald Trump looks upon Justin Trudeau as a jumped-up foolish kid. So whenever the Canadian prime minister steps out of line, Trump weighs into him in public. It has happened a lot. Today Trump was in steaming mood because of a video that went viral with Trudeau slagging off the president for being late for a bilateral meeting. Trudeau was chatting to Macron and Boris at a reception at Buckingham Palace yesterday before today's Nato summit at a luxury hotel in Watford north of London. He was unaware of microphones picking up his conversation which duly got aired by Canadian Broadcasting. Fortunately for Macron and Boris whatever they had to say in reply wasn't included in the videotape. Macron was probably rude but he spoke too quietly - sensibly - for his words to be heard. It's all a storm in a teacup. It was not like Trudeau blasted Trump for being rude as well as late or anything like that. So it's hardly a big deal that the Canadian leader was upset over Trump's lateness. The US president was holding an extended press conference at the time and let it run longer than planned. So, as I say, no big deal. Although he did add that he had observed Trump's "team" with their jaws dropping to the floor as they listened to his answers at the press conference. That will have riled Trump. But more than anything else, Trump was infuriated that other leaders should so much as dare gossip about him behind his back. That's why Trump called Trudeau two-faced and speculated that the Canadian prime minister was angry over being criticised for failing to reach the long-time-ago agreed policy for each alliance nation to spend two per cent of GDP on defence. That videotape did a lot of damage. Apart from scolding Trudeau in public, Trump then flounced off when the summit was over and said he wasn't going to do the planned press conference and intended to head straight back to Washington. So there! Golden rule, don't gossip about Trump anywhere near a microphone unless you're going to say something nice about him. One little bit of gossip and the whole Nato summit has been cast into the shadows. All the headlines will be how Trump stormed off and snubbed the carefully-laid Nato plans to hold a "unity" press conference. Trump did exactly the same at the G7 summit in Canada in June 2018. He not only stormed out but refused to sign the communique. Who's fault was that? Hahaha, none other than Justin Trudeau. At least, in Trump's eyes because the Canadian had been less than amicable about US trade policy. So another golden rule, never say anything against Trump and his policies anywhere, in pivate or in public, just to be on the safe side, or in Trudeau's case, Justin to be on the safe side!