Trump jealous of Trudeau because he's 'younger and way better looking': Scaramucci
CTV
If former U.S. president Donald Trump wins back the White House in the upcoming election, Canadian officials can likely expect an even rockier relationship with him than the last time around, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says.
If former U.S. president Donald Trump wins back the White House in the upcoming election, Canadian officials can likely expect an even rockier relationship with him than the last time around, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says.
After a decisive win for Trump at the Republication primaries in Iowa, the race for presidential nominee heads to New Hampshire Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Trudeau is set to gather with members of his cabinet starting Sunday for a three-day agenda-setting retreat ahead of the House of Commons’ return at the end of the month. And one of the top issues they’re set to discuss is Canada-U.S. relations in the face of a possible second term of Trump as president.
Scaramucci — who briefly served as White House communications director while Trump was in office — told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday, that the former president is “very jealous of Prime Minister Trudeau.”
“He's younger, and way better looking than the president,” Scaramucci said. “And I know the (former) president very well, that superficial sort of stuff really bothers him, so he will be an antagonist to your leadership.”
“And it could be as simple as that, just as a direct result of that,” he added. “And that's one of the reasons why people like me will be working very, very hard in 2024 to make sure that he doesn't re-ascend to the presidency.”
Scaramucci said while he believes Trump will handily secure the Republican nomination after Super Tuesday “barring a Department of Justice intervention or some type of legal snafu,” he does not think he’ll go on to win back the White House.
