Kay Bailey Hutchison Responds to Trudeau’s Jokes About Trump

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: I want to play you this piece of tape that obviously got the President angry. I want to get your take on it. The Buckingham Palace joking session, shall we say?

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BORIS JOHNSON, PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN: Is that why you were late?

EMMANUEL MACRON, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE: [INAUDIBLE]

JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: He was late because he takes a four — forty-minute press conference off the top every time. Oh, yes, yes, forty minutes. He announced — I just watched, I watched his team’s jaws just drop to the floor.

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AMANPOUR: So there you have the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Canada, the Dutch Prime Minister, Princess and the Princess Royal and the French President kind of joking, mocking, you know, President Trump’s propensity to hold forth to the press for many, many, many long hours and minutes. How do you — how do you read what they said about him? And I mean, is it serious? Are people fed up with him? Is it just a joke?

KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO: Oh, you know, I think people now understand a little better that he is loquacious and you can’t say that he isn’t ready to talk to the press. I mean, he is available. And he had —

AMANPOUR: In certain situations. Not one-on-ones with us. But anyway, carry on. I get your point.

HUTCHISON: And I’m telling you, 45 minutes I sat in Jens Stoltenberg press conference, 45 minutes. He finally said to the press, do you have any more questions? And they didn’t. They had asked all the questions. So, you know, he is loquacious. He is vibrant, he has been all this week been so open. So do people talk about him? Sure. I mean, he has a distinct personality. And people talk about it, but they respect what he has done. I — the other ambassadors have said to me, you know, he is making NATO stronger. He is. And he has recognized that today, which I liked that he did come out and say, okay, I’ve been tough and you going in the right direction. And he recognized that and he appreciated it. So I think it was — I think it was a good closure of this meeting.