![]() Mr Macron has been the source of much of the organisation's friction after declaring the powerful military alliance 'brain dead'. He is expected to borrow the famous phrase from the Three Musketeers - a novel written by a French author - in a move seen as a direct appeal to President Emmanuel Macron. When the 29 heads of government bunker down in the Grove hotel in Watford for crunch talks on Wednesday, Mr Johnson will tell his Nato counterparts that their military alliance is 'all for one and one for all'. Mr Trump and Mr Johnson's off-camera meeting in No10 occurred during a gathering of leaders, where the PM sought to defuse the political tension casting a shadow over this week's 70th anniversary summit in London. It is not known if Trump is the focus of that comment as the video has been edited. The video then cuts to a later clip, which is without context, where Trudeau adds: 'You just watched his team's jaws drop to the floor.' He then motions as if his jaw is dropping. In the clip, Mr Johnson asks: 'Is that why you were late?' Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, swigging from his drink, shoots back: 'He was late because he takes a 40 minute press conference off the top.' None of them mention Trump by name but Mr Trudeau appears to refer to the US president's impromptu press conferences in what were meant to be photo ops with other leaders yesterday. In footage being widely shared online, Mr Johnson Canada's Justin Trudeau, French president Emmanuel Macron, Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Princess Anne are seen at a reception discussing why Mr Macron had been late during the London summit. There are fears today that Mr Johnson's carefully-laid plans to assuage Mr Trump could be wrecked by the emergence of a clip seemingly showing other leaders making fun of him. The Labour leader suffered further humiliation when he vowed to confront the President at a Buckingham Palace reception only to be kept apart from him all night. Yesterday Mr Trump was on his best behaviour, insisting was not going to get involved in the election.īut he did dismiss Jeremy Corbyn's main attack line, which claims the US wants access to the NHS in a post-Brexit trade deal. The President yesterday conceded that he is a divisive figure in the UK, after his vocal support for Brexit and a long-running war of words with London Mayor Sadiq Khan.Īnd the PM's aides are nervous that the unpredictable leader does not do, say or tweet anything that could hit the Tories' prospects on December 12. ![]() 'The Prime Minister also updated the President on this afternoon’s meeting between France, Germany, Turkey and the UK to discuss the situation in Syria.' Their sit-down ends days of speculation as to whether the pair would meet, amid Tory concerns that appearing too friendly with the divisive President could damage Mr Johnson's election chances in the crunch December 12 ballot.Ī Downing Street spokesman said: 'The Prime Minister met President Trump at Downing Street. ![]() The PM and US President later held a secret one-to-one meeting behind closed doors at the reception for Nato leaders. Donald Trump and Melania enter No 10 to be greeted by Boris Johnson.
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