The profanity in the Trump / Trudeau phone call happened during a heated exchange around dairy, according to a senior Canadian government source.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report tensions reached the point of profanity.
Katie Simpson
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Katie Simpson
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CBC News senior foreign correspondent in Washington.
Joined March 2009
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- Replying to @Katie___SimpsonAccording to a senior Canadian government source: Trump became heated about Canada’s protections around the dairy sector. Said it’s an example of how US is treated poorly. That is where the profanity was used, by the US President. Source says Trudeau did not use profanity.
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- Replying to @Katie___SimpsonThere was another heated moment, when the discussions came to fentanyl. According to the source, Trudeau pointed to US data showing fentanyl seizures down along northern border. Both Trump and VP Vance pushed back strongly, saying that’s not the metric they’re following.