Trump laments that he 'can't kill' Canada's government to get his way in a trade deal

Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau.
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President Trump spewed dramatic threats against the World Trade Organization, aka "the single worst trade deal ever made," in a Bloomberg interview on Thursday. But some of his fiercest international comments remained unshared.

A slew of insults against Canada that Trump intended to leave unpublished came to light Friday morning, after the Toronto Star's Daniel Dale obtained off-the-record comments the president made in the Bloomberg interview. Trump's comments pertain to trade negotiations with Canada, and, in the president's own words, are "so insulting they're not going to be able to make a deal."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.