CONSTRUCTIVE ONES TO COME.
>> MARIA: DEER
>> MARIA: DEIRDRE, THANK YOU.
THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CANADIAN
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU
ESCALATED OVER THE WREAKED
ESCALATED OVER THE WEEAKED
ESCALATED OVER THE WEEKEED
ESCALATED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE PRESIDENT REMOVED THE UNITED
STATES FROM THE G-7 STATEMENT
OVER TRUDEAU'S POST MEETING
STATEMENTS.
I SAT DOWN WITH STEVEN HARPER
WHO LOOKED AT THE SITUATION FROM
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.
>> LOOK, I TELL PEOPLE THAT WE
TRY AND UNDERSTAND, IN CANADA WE
TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN
PERSPECTIVE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PRESIDENT
TRUMP, WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
FEEL THEY NEED BETTER TRADE
RELATIONSHIPS.
IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE ON THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, EVEN
SOME ASPECTS OF THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MEXICO AROUND AUTOS, I'D BE
THE FIRST PERSON TELLING OUR
GOVERNMENT TO BE A PARTNER IN
THOSE THINGS.
I THINK CANADA SHARES THOSE
CONCERNS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OBSESSION
WITH TRADE RELATIONS WITH
CANADA.
NOT ONLY IS THE DEFICIT, TRADE
DEFICIT WITH CANADA SMALL, THE
UNITED STATES RUNS A CURRENT
ACCOUNT SURPLUS WITH CANADA.
CANADA IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST
PURCHASER OF U.S. GOODS AND
SERVICES IN THE WORLD.
IT'S NOT CHINA, MEXICO, BRITAIN,
GERMANY.
IT'S CANADA.
SEEMS TO ME, THIS IS THE WRONG
TARGET AND FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
OPINION, I DON'T THINK EVEN
TRUMP SUPPORTERS THINK THE
CANADIAN TRADE RELATIONSHIP IS A
PROBLEM.
>> MARIA: COULD IT BE THAT IT'S
SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE
WITH MEXICO AND HE CAN'T GET A
DEAL BETWEEN THE THREE TOGETHER,
SO MAYBE A BILATERAL IS BETTER,
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO A NEW
DEAL WITH CANADA ON NAFTA,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE MEXICO
AGREEING TO IT.
COULD THAT BE IT?
>> I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO TRY
AND DIRECT THE TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA.
ALL I SAY IS THIS, THAT THIS IS
A VITALLY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP
THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN CANADA AND
THE UNITED STATES AND LOOK, WHEN
I WAS IN OFFICE WITH PRESIDENT
BUSH, WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM
TIME TO TIME WE HAD
DISAGREEMENTS ON ISSUES.
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA WE
PIPELINE.
ULTIMATELY PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE
A GREAT DECISION ON THAT.
>> MARIA: YOU WERE STRONG ON
THAT.
YOU GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM
THE OBAMA MANY TEAM, I REMEMBER
THAT.
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WHAT CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS,
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST IS THAT WHEN WE'VE HAD
THE DISAGREEMENTS, WE KEEP THE
DISISOLATED TO THE ISSUES --
DISAGREEMENTS ISOLATED TO THE
ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH.
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF
SECURITY, ECONOMIC AND TRADE AND
VALUES, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE'RE THE CLOSEST PARTNERS IN
THE WORLD.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A DISPUTE
ON ONE ISSUE POISON EVERYTHING.
>> MARIA: YOU WERE AMONG THE
LEADERSHIP THAT LED THE CHARGE
AGAINST PUSHING RUSSIA OUT OF
THE G-8.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> I WAS.
A DIPLOMATICALLY DISAGREE WITH
THE PRESIDENT ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT COULD BE MORE
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS.
I WATCHED TWO AMERICAN
PRESIDENTS, VERY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE WITH VERY DIFFERENT
AGENDAS, PRESIDENT BUSH,
PRESIDENT OBAMA, I WATCHED THEM
TRY AND MAKE A STRATEGIC PARTNER
OF VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THEY
COULDN'T AND THE REASON THEY
COULDN'T IS BECAUSE VLADIMIR
PUTIN DOES NOT WANT TO BE A
STRATEGIC PARTNER OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE WEST.
HE IS DETERMINED RIGHT TO HIS
CORE TO BE A STRATEGIC OPPONENT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE G-7 IN MY
MIND IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE
MOST IMPORTANT WESTERN ALLIES IN
THE WORLD, THE BIG ECONOMIES WHO
SHARE STRATEGIC INTERESTS, WHO
SHARE BASIC QUESTIONS OF VALUE.
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NONE OF THOSE
CATEGORIES.
AND IN FACT, THE REASON I PUSHED
EVEN BEFORE HIS INVASION OF
CRIMEA, THE REASON I PUSHED FOR
HIS EXPULSION IS HE INHIBITED
OPEN DIALOGUE AMONG ALLIES
BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TRUST
ANYTHING HE SAID OR DID.
THIS IS A MAN, HE'S A VERY
IMPRESSIVE GUY IN MANY WAYS BUT
THIS IS A MAN WHO KILLS HIS
POLITICAL OPPONENTS.
THERE'S NO PLACE AROUND ANIL
LIED TABLE FOR SOMEBODY LIKE