Was wondering what this was about, Trump seemed mad:
Wow, I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS to Bloomberg concerning Canada, and this powerful understanding was BLATANTLY VIOLATED. Oh well, just more dishonest reporting. I am used to it. At least Canada knows where I stand!
Donald J. TrumpโVerified account @realDonaldTrump 30m30 minutes ago
It's not dishonest reporting, it's a leak. But then he was stupid to be talking to media about it.
NAFTA talks rocked by media leak of off-record Trump comments on Canada
But The Toronto Star reports that it obtained comments from an off-the-record portion of an Oval Office interview between Trump and Bloomberg News. In those remarks, Trump said he isnโt making compromises with Prime Minister Justin Trudeauโs government, but isnโt going to say so publicly because โitโs going to be so insulting theyโre not going to be able to make a deal.โ
โHereโs the problem. If I say no, the answerโs no. If I say no, then youโre going to put that, and itโs going to be so insulting theyโre not going to be able to make a deal ... I canโt kill these people,โ he said of Trudeauโs government.
In another remark he did not want published, Trump said the deal would be โtotally on our termsโ and reportedly suggested he had tried to spook the Canadians with the threat of auto tariffs.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...leak-off-record-trump-comments-on-canada.html