Read Donald Trumps Remarks to Republican Donors About Lying to Justin Trudeau
President Donald Trump bragged about lying to the Canadian prime minister, argued a Democrat who just won a special election was just like him and tried to sell his trade policies to a group of Republican donors Wednesday. Speaking behind closed doors at a fundraiser for Attorney General Josh Hawley, who is running for the Republican Senate nomination, Trump said that he told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada, then conceded that he did not know if that was true, according to audio obtained by TIME. It is not., He also weighed in on the recent special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, claiming that Democratic candidate Conor Lamb is essentially a conservative. "He ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me," Trump said of Lamb. "I was saying is he a Republican?' It sounds like a Republican to me. But I guess when you're popular in a certain area that's probably a good tactic.", Read the full transcript of Trump's speech from Hawley's fundraiser below, Read More President Trump Pitched Tariffs to Republican Donors. He Was Met With Silence, Read More President Trump Claims the U.S. Has a Trade Deficit With Canada. That's Not So Clear