‘Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade’: Trump rips Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and the European Union from Singapore as trade spat distracts from his summit with Kim Jong-un

Monday, June 11, 2018
By Paul Martin

The U.S. president arrived in Singapore on Sunday evening local time for talks with North Korea that could change the course of history and earn him the Nobel Peace Prize, if successful
Trump’s skeptics were already saying this week’s summit with Kim Jong-un will serve as little more than a misguided photo-op
Then he spent his first morning in Singapore tweeting about tariffs and dressing down Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Billionaire president told naysayers last week he’d ‘been preparing all my life’ for the sit down with Kim
Says he expects to know ‘within the first minute’ if his negotiating partner is serious about denuclearization
Trump says he anticipates the summit in Singapore that begins on Tuesday morning local time to be a ‘great success’ and the first of several meetings that will lead to a deal
He meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today, following in Kim’s footsteps after his own arrival in the city-state on Sunday

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
DAILYMAIL.COM
11 June 2018

Donald Trump signaled Monday in his first tweets from Singapore exactly where his focus was heading into a nuclear summit with Kim Jong-un – and it wasn’t on the decades-old dispute with North Korea over its threatening behavior.

Trump instead took aim at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who he’s been sparring with from across the International Dateline over steel and aluminum tariffs the U.S. imposed on its allies in the name of national security.

‘Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal,’ Trump on Monday morning harrumphed. ‘According to a Canada release, they make almost 100 Billion Dollars in Trade with U.S. (guess they were bragging and got caught!). Minimum is 17B. Tax Dairy from us at 270%. Then Justin acts hurt when called out!’

The European Union was next on Trump’s list, with the president complaining in follow-up tweets that the U.S. foots the bill for the bulk of the West’s shared security through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization only to get ripped off by the very same countries in the trade arena.

Only after the rant did Trump mention the ‘excitement in the air’ in Singapore, the host nation to his Kim summit, saying it was ‘great’ to be in the high-class city that doubles as a nation.

The U.S. president arrived in Singapore on Sunday evening local time for talks could change the course of history and earn him the Nobel Peace Prize, if successful in convincing the world’s most isolated nation to end its pursuit of mankind’s most deadly weapons.

After a grueling 21 hours of travel that included a refueling stop on a Greek island, Trump touched down at Paya Labar Air Base in Singapore. He told journalists nearby he was feeling ‘very good’ about his meeting on Tuesday morning local time with Kim Jong-un and then sped off in his motorcade to conclude his first evening in the country in privacy of his room at the Shangri-La, the luxury hotel housing the U.S. delegation.

This afternoon he meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, following in the footsteps of Kim, who sat down with the head of the summit’s host nation after his own arrival on Sunday afternoon via an Air China flight.

Kim is staying at the St. Regis hotel, near Trump. The foreign leaders will hold their summit at a third location, the Capella Resort, ensconced on 30 acres of land south of the city on Sentosa Island.

White House guidance for Monday was vague about how Trump was spending his time in the lead-up to his meeting with Kim, aside from his meet-and-greet with Lee at the presidential palace, which houses the prime minister’s office.

Trump will also be spending time with U.S. embassy staff this afternoon behind closed doors, according his public schedule.

Tomorrow morning, he will finally sit down with Kim for the first face-to-face discussion between a U.S. president and North Korean autocrat since Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, assumed power in 1948.

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