Tensions appeared to increase between several world leaders over the course of a two-day NATO summit hosted by Boris Johnson. Donald Trump called Justin Trudeau “two-faced” after the Canadian leader was caught on camera apparently mocking the US President. American citizens appear to back the President’s comments, as an earlier YouGov poll showed one in 20 respondents consider Canada to be hostile to the US.
The poll, carried out from November 24-26, asked: “Do you consider Canada to be an ally or an enemy of the United States?”
The survey found four percent of the 1,500 respondents thought Canada was “unfriendly”, while a further one percent believed the country was an “enemy”.
The majority of respondents considered Canada to be either an ally or friendly to the US, by 57 percent and 28 percent respectively.
10 percent said they did not know.
On Tuesday night, Queen Elizabeth II hosted a NATO reception at Buckingham Palace last night, where world leaders met to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the alliance.
But tensions appeared to show, as a video showed a small group of leaders appearing to chat behind President Trump’s back.
The clip showed the group mocking an unknown politician for delivering a 40-minute impromptu speech.
The leaders are believed to be discussing President Trump.
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The Canadian leader can later be heard once again, seemingly speaking about the same person the group was discussing earlier.
He says: “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
Princess Anne is also present in the group, but it isn’t clear whether she takes part in the conversation or if she is just politely listening to the guests.
Mr Trudeau down-played the video, and insisted he enjoys a “very good relationship” with Mr Trump and that the pair shared a “great meeting” during the NATO summit.
The video also prompted Mr Johnson to brand the footage as “nonsense” and added he “doesn’t know where that’s come from”.
In response to the vide, Mr Macron has said the conversation “wasn’t supposed to be filmed”.
Antonello Guerrera, a journalist from La Repubblica, translated a comment made by the French President in relation to the leaked video.
He said: “I am not going to comment on STOLEN videos, that video wasn’t supposed to be filmed in that room.”