US President Donald Trump has called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau two-faced for comments he appeared to have made about him.
"He's two faced," Mr Trump said when asked about remarks Mr Trudeau seemed to make about the US president's performance at a news conference at a NATO summit in Britain.
He said he called out Mr Trudeau for failing to meet the target of 2% of national output on defence.
"I find him to be a very nice guy but you know the truth is that I called him out the fact that he's not paying 2% and I can see he's not very happy about it," Mr Trump added.
"He's not paying 2% and he should be paying 2%. Canada - they have money."
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The leaders of Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands were caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception last night apparently mocking Mr Trump's lengthy media appearances ahead of the summit.
The footage was shot by the British host's camera pool yesterday evening and spotted and subtitled by Canada's CBC.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson can be heard asking France's President Emmanuel Macron: "Is that why you were late?"
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interjects: "He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top."
Mr Trudeau does not mention Mr Trump by name.
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Mr Macron's one-on-one pre-summit meeting with Mr Trump yesterday had been preceded by a lengthy question and answer session with the media, as the leaders publicly disagreed about NATO strategy and trade.
In the video, Mr Macron appears to tell an anecdote about the encounter as Britain's Princess Anne and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte look on, but the French leader's back is to camera and he is inaudible amid the hubbub.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, he announced ... " an amused Mr Trudeau declares, adding: "You just watched his team's jaw drop to the floor."
As he did at last year's NATO meeting, Mr Trump has thrown out normal summit protocol and used his appearances with allied leaders to field dozens of questions from the world's media.
He has condemned as "nasty" Mr Macron's criticism of brain dead NATO, branded European countries that have failed to meet military spending targets "delinquent" and railed against moves in Washington to impeach him.
Mr Trump was due to give another news conference on his own, after the 29 NATO leaders hold a full three-hour closed-door summit session and issue a statement to celebrate their unity. This has now been cancelled.
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