'I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS!' Trump confirms that he insulted Canada in furious rant...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



‘I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS!’ Trump confirms that he insulted Canada in furious rant against media

BRAD REED
31 AUG 2018 AT 14:41 ET

President Donald Trump on Friday attacked Bloomberg News reporters for allegedly leaking out his comments that blatantly insulted the Canadian government.

Link to tweet

Earlier on Friday, the Toronto Star reported that Trump boasted to reporters that he was getting the best of the Canadian government in his negotiations with them. Among other things, the president said he was “scaring the Canadians into submission by repeatedly threatening to impose tariffs,” while at the same time warning that leaking his insults of Canadians would cause the deal to fall apart because “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal.”

Despite the president’s assertions, however, it is still possible that the leaks of his remarks came from another official within the Trump White House and not from the Bloomberg reporters themselves.

The Trump White House on Friday refused to confirm or deny the authenticity of the president’s remarks — although it seems the president himself has since confirmed them.

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/made-off-record-comments-trump-confirms-insulted-canada-furious-rant-media/

[gohuskies]

1. Your comments are on the record now..

You Orange asshole 😊

[Perseus]

9. He doesn't get it...

Anything any president says, unless he says it in the bathroom, is "on the record"...

I guess someone from the WH scolded him and he had to come up with the usual, blaming someone else for his stupidity.

[JarOCats]

30. In the bathroom, too.

I'm sure that's where he crafts all those eloquent, erudite tweets.

[Shrike47]

2. Nothing dishonest about reporting what you really said, Trumpie.

[C_U_L8R]

3. On or off... you were wrong

And the reporting is completely honest. Thank goodness for a free press.

[CanonRay]

4. Now Canada knows where you stand

[SergeStorms]

12. And so do Americans.

He's standing alone, somewhere far away from the majority of normal Americans.

[lark]

5. Hey asswipe, I'm sure Trudea knew where they stood before this confirmation.

This just shows you have nothing more inside you than lies and do not want a treaty at all, just want to hurt Canada - hmm, because your daddy PUtin asked you to? Trudeau knows you are an idiotic ignorant & ineffective bully, who is nothing more than a total failure at all parts of life.

[Pluvious]

26. Putin's Apprentice is following his handler's instructions. nt.

[dalton99a]

6. The leaker was him.

Fucking drama queen

[mac56]

7. "How dare they print things I actually said?!"

[sakabatou]

8. So now he's screaming (and admitting) he's a douchebag

[Wellstone ruled]

10. And the China Trade Reps are

totally confused as to what Trump's bullshit is all about.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Now I'm going to start crying.

Not.

[Kablooie]

13. It IS strange that off the record comments were published.

That seems to be a sacred trust that journalists use and in this case somehow it was broken.

[jayschool2013]

15. If there's danger to the country or to individuals

then journalists don't necessarily have to hold to that obligation. Besides, the story held out the very real possibility that the confidence was broken by someone in the administration who had also been privy to the conversations.

[Kablooie]

39. Yep. Like I say, strange.

[riversedge]

17. some say--Trump leaked them.

Daniel Dale
‏Verified account @ddale8

I won’t be commenting on the source of the leaked quotes.
1:41 PM - 31 Aug 2018

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Jodzio Jonz
‏ @Jodzio
28m28 minutes ago
Replying to @ddale8

I have never understood the practice of making 'off the record' comments. These politicians work for the American people. ANY THING THEY SAY TO REPORTERS SHOULD BE PUBLIC RECORD PERIOD. This is not a gossip session. Why do "on background" that can't be attributed to people.
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solitaire360
‏ @solitaire360
43m43 minutes ago

Replying to @ddale8

The source was @realdonaldtrump
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E. Gaudreau
‏ @EGaudreau2
41m41 minutes ago

Replying to @ddale8

it doesn't matter at all, he himself just confirmed he made the statements.
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Travis
‏ @itstravis
42m42 minutes ago

Replying to @ddale8

You don't need to. You do great work and are an outstanding reporter.
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Nancy Bowman ‏ @BowmanNancy
43m43 minutes ago

Replying to @ddale8

Reporters are speculating it was Trump himself
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Other Alex
‏ @Blue_Wave_Dogs
32m32 minutes ago

Replying to @ddale8

@ddale8 continues to be the most useful and lucid and uncompromised reporter covering Trump.

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[Stonepounder]

18. There is absolutely NO evidence that Bloomberg violated the 'off the record' agreement.

Note this from the Toronto Star:

Trump made the remarks in an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg. He deemed them off the record, and Bloomberg accepted his request not to reveal them.

But the Star is not bound by any promises Bloomberg made to Trump. And the remarks immediately became a factor in the negotiations: Trudeau’s officials, who saw them as evidence for their previous suspicions that Trump’s team had not been bargaining in good faith, raised them at the beginning of a meeting with their U.S. counterparts on Friday morning, a U.S. source confirmed.

As an earlier commenter said, the leak quite possibly came from inside the White House.

And more interesting, why did Trump tell a roomful of journalists about his intention to screw Canada?

[Maeve]

45. There's the key question--Why tell about his intention to screw Canada?

Because he wants credit for candor, credit for being a great negotiator, credit for being slick...instead, he looks like a fool (but only because he is one).
If you want to keep a secret, keep it to yourself. What is know to several is known to all.

[Farmer-Rick]

49. He himself confirmed the statement. So, I seriously doubt it was off the record

To be off the record, you have to announce that this is off the record Before you make the statement. You can't let something slip then announce it'll piss off people therefore it shouldn't be reported. That's not off the record, that's merely a self indulgent, lack of self control, stream of conscience mistake.

Traitor Trump can't control his anus mouth.

[Stallion]

14. S-T-A-G-E-D!!!!!!!!!!

[randr]

16. He really thinks no one is on to his game

Like its some secret negotiating method only he knows.
What a fucking idiot!

[Pluvious]

27. We are incapable of comprehending the methods of such a Very Stable Genius. nt.

[Mr. Ected]

19. As long as his base perceives this as the press undermining Trump's presidency

He won't lose this argument.

We, the people, will lose, but Trump merely needs to cloak himself in the cloth of a victim, and his fellow "victims" will stand by him, regardless.

[Laffy Kat]

20. Bring it, Justin.

We deserve it. I'm looking forward to seeing Canada's response mostly because there will no doubt be a photo of Trudeau included.

[RockRaven]

21. Dumb Donald doesn't realize by bitching about the fact that the comments were off the record

he confirms, ON THE RECORD, that he made them.

Secondly, The Oranganus is the very last person on earth who gets to complain about norms of social nicety or professionalism being broken. Ridiculous f-ing hypocrite.

[OriginalGeek]

22. i don't believe for one second that he didn't mean for those remarks to get out.

he wants to fuck with Canada and he likes having something to pretend whine about.

Fake pResidency.

[IronLionZion]

23. He admits to making the comments so it's not dishonest reporting

but if he did have an off the record agreement and they violated it, then they were wrong.

Bloomberg News probably has a transcript or recording of this.

[paleotn]

24. This was planned

Ham handed and stupid, but planned. He had no intention of crafting a deal. He has some strange obsessive thing about the Canadian PM, somewhat like he has with Obama. He can’t help insulting those better than himself. Which is just about everyone.

[Racerdog1]

25. Pretty sure we all know where you stand

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Right next to Putin and all the other dictators you seem to love. Fucking eat shit and die you worthless piece of orange shit.

[oswaldactedalone]

44. Well said

He's a shitstain on the fabric of American life.

[GusBob]

28. I am so tired. So very, very tired

I want our country back. I can't deal with this endless daily bullcrap

[Grasswire2]

29. I hear ya.

My refuge is music.

[GusBob]

31. Good very good

Mine is baseball....there are outs, and then there are home runs

At least something positive sometimes

[Grasswire2]

32. :-) nt

[BumRushDaShow]

33. I join you with that sentiment

Sick of the crap.

[dembotoz]

34. if buying a used car and the salesman pulls this stunt your best option is too walk

[unblock]

35. My guess -- Donnie leaked it himself so he could say "media bad"

[J3AC4]

36. What as Ass

He makes comments and then when somebody reports what he said he says "Yea I said that but telling people I said that is a lie." WTF

[0rganism]

37. uh oh somebody call the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulence

Agent Orange has a sad

[Maeve]

38. If you want to stay off the record, shut the F up!

There are no "off the record" remarks; there are only stupid things you say and stupider things.

[tanyev]

40. I want to see him rolling around on the floor of the Oval Office kicking and screaming.

[Honeycombe8]

41. Bloomberg...that bastion of liberal media!!! Shame on them! (Bwahahahahaha.)

Trump is really stupid.

[truthisfreedom]

42. 45 is a whiny tiny-handed complainer.

[truthisfreedom]

43. He breaks things on purpose, then complains that people pointed out

that they’re broken. Like sabotaging the AHCA and then complaining that it doesn’t work. He has a pattern of destructiveness followed by finger-pointing.

[Oneironaut]

46. "Off the record" is a term used by guilty people and douchebags.

There is no such thing as, “off the record” - especially when you’re the President ffs. What a fool!

[spike jones]

47. Trump thinks that "off the record"

means that it doesn't count.

[Retrograde]

48. Somebody didn't pay attention in Politics 101

Two of the first things any politician should learn:
-the mic is always on
-off-the-record comments are fair game

Come to think of it, those are among the things any successful business person should know.

[ck4829]

50. Kick

[oberliner]

51. This is Raw Story stealing content from The Toronto Star and crediting their own writer

For someone else's reporting.

I look forward to the day people stop posting things from Raw Story here - and instead post and credit the actual people and outlets who did the reporting.