NATO World Leaders⁠—And Princess⁠ Anne—Reportedly Caught Gossiping About Trump

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Topline: A video of NATO leaders (including Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson) apparently gossiping about President Trump during a Buckingham Palace reception⁠—along with Princess Anne⁠—sent the clip viral on social media with millions of people watching.

• In the video, Johnson can be seen asking Macron, “Is that why you were late?”
• Trudeau then chimes in, saying “He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top,” with “he” an apparent reference to Trump.
• Macron inaudibly replies to Trudeau, with Trudeau then saying “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
• The leaders appeared to be referencing how Trump turned brief photo opportunities into a press conference spanning over two hours earlier that day.
• Princess Anne seemed to be present during the conversation; although her face cannot be seen, her distinctive hairstyle peeks out from Trudeau’s left side.&nbsp;
• Princess Anne had already gone viral Tuesday in a separate video clip that appeared to capture Queen Elizabeth scolding her for not greeting Trump and the first lady.

Big number: Over six million. That’s the number of times the gossip video, originally posted by Canadian broadcaster CBC, has been viewed on Twitter.

What to watch for: If anyone involved comments on the video. The Washington Post reported that Trudeau ignored shouted questions from reporters when he arrived to the summit Wednesday morning. Trump has not commented, but Fox News host Laura Ingraham wrote on Twitter that the video is “a great moment” for him, and that “foreign leaders have been laughing at Republican presidents” since Ronald Reagan was in office.

Key background: Trump has long worried that the U.S. was viewed as a “laughingstock” on the international stage. (And according to an online database of his tweets, Trump first expressed that concern back in 2012.) New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman mentioned this on Twitter, and that Trump “hates the thought” of others laughing at him. Notably, Trump was met with laughter during a 2018 United Nations speech after saying his administration accomplished more than any in U.S. history.

Tangent: The gossip video was captured as a part of NATO’s pooled press. News organizations will use press pools to combine resources for event coverage. Once they are created, the pooled video or written reports are then distributed to all members.

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Topline: A video of NATO leaders (including Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson) apparently gossiping about President Trump during a Buckingham Palace reception⁠—along with Princess Anne⁠—sent the clip viral on social media with millions of people watching.

• In the video, Johnson can be seen asking Macron, “Is that why you were late?”
• Trudeau then chimes in, saying “He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top,” with “he” an apparent reference to Trump.
• Macron inaudibly replies to Trudeau, with Trudeau then saying “You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”
• The leaders appeared to be referencing how Trump turned brief photo opportunities into a press conference spanning over two hours earlier that day.
• Princess Anne seemed to be present during the conversation; although her face cannot be seen, her distinctive hairstyle peeks out from Trudeau’s left side. 
• Princess Anne had already gone viral Tuesday in a separate video clip that appeared to capture Queen Elizabeth scolding her for not greeting Trump and the first lady.

Big number: Over six million. That’s the number of times the gossip video, originally posted by Canadian broadcaster CBC, has been viewed on Twitter.

What to watch for: If anyone involved comments on the video. The Washington Post reported that Trudeau ignored shouted questions from reporters when he arrived to the summit Wednesday morning. Trump has not commented, but Fox News host Laura Ingraham wrote on Twitter that the video is “a great moment” for him, and that “foreign leaders have been laughing at Republican presidents” since Ronald Reagan was in office.

Key background: Trump has long worried that the U.S. was viewed as a “laughingstock” on the international stage. (And according to an online database of his tweets, Trump first expressed that concern back in 2012.) New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman mentioned this on Twitter, and that Trump “hates the thought” of others laughing at him. Notably, Trump was met with laughter during a 2018 United Nations speech after saying his administration accomplished more than any in U.S. history.

Tangent: The gossip video was captured as a part of NATO’s pooled press. News organizations will use press pools to combine resources for event coverage. Once they are created, the pooled video or written reports are then distributed to all members.