— While NATO leaders are professing unity as they gather for a summit near London, several seem to have been caught in an unguarded exchange on camera apparently gossiping about US President Donald Trump’s behavior.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, centre, takes her seat with Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, behind, before a formal group photo during a formal reception for the heads of the NATO countries, at Buckingham palace in London Tuesday Dec. 3, 2019. Leaders from across the 29-member trans-Atlantic alliance are gathered in London to mark the 70th anniversary of NATO.
In footage recorded during a reception at Buckingham Palace Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was seen standing in a huddle with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Britain’s Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
Trudeau could be heard saying “he was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top” — an apparent reference to Trump’s long unscheduled question session with journalists earlier Tuesday. Trudeau also said: “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
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