Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary said Monday that he told U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that he was wasting his time meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
O’Leary told Fox News he met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate primarily to discuss his plans to buy TikTok, adding that he also told the president-elect it was a “complete waste of time” to meet with Trudeau, who announced Monday that he will resign.
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“These meetings you’re having with Trudeau and the finance minister of Canada, with all due respect, sir, are a complete waste of time,” O’Leary said he told Trump. “This guy’s going to get eradicated out of the Canadian political landscape.”
“Give the Canadians a chance to reelect a leader, just like you got reelected, that has a four-year mandate, just like you have, and let’s get down to business. I hope they didn’t land on deaf ears, I think he …