Who did NATO leaders laugh at? Probably who was not in the picture: Trump
In the video, which shows Johnson, Macron and Trudeau, they did not mention the US president's explicit name, but hinted at him.
What were they laughing at?
Several NATO leaders were documented yesterday (Tuesday) as they ridicule US President Donald Trump at the opening of the Alliance Summit in London.
In the video, which shows Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Johnson is heard telling Macron: "That's why you're late." So, Trudeau intervened, saying: "He was late because he was doing a 40-minute press conference." Trudeau added: "Or, yes, yes, yes. He declared," before being interrupted by Macron, who spoke amusingly to the group, but his words could not be heard.
In the section, Trump was not explicitly mentioned, but he spoke with reporters yesterday for 50 minutes during which he attacked his allies for the alliance, marking 70 years of its founding on days when it suffered from internal crises and external threats.
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Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau at the NATO Leaders Summit in London, December 3, 2019 (Photo: Official Website)
After an edited video, Trudeau was later seen telling a group, which included Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rotte, and Princess Anne: "You've seen his team's jaws drop." In this case, too, it is unclear who the leaders were talking to, who were apparently unaware they were recorded.
The video was first published in the Russian news agency Sputnik, which belongs to the Kremlin, which published a longer version of the video on its Facebook page.