Jacinda Ardern (click here) watches as Donald Trump greets Vladimir Putin.The new Prime Minister of New Zealand should not be apologizing for talking about the discomfort around President Trump.
It is my opinion when President Trump greeted the Prime Minister as Canada's Justin Trudeau's wife, it was done deliberately to belittle the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had every right to speak out about a very nasty misdirection of President Trump's official capacity. The New Zealand people made a wonderful choice in placing her into their country's leadership and it is very wrong to belittle her status among peers.
President Trump has a problem with women in authority.See, he already meet the Prime Minister and his wife at the White House. It was the day when Americans were allowed to question who actually wears the pants in the Trump family.
21 November 2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's story (click here) - and regret - suggesting the United States President mistook her for a politician's wife is making global headlines.
Since Ardern revealed Donald Trump initially thought she was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, the reports have spread internationally.
Stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Independent, the Guardian and the BBC within hours of Ardern ruing her decision to share a "funny yarn" with a friend.
In a story headlined "New Zealand leader regrets story that suggested Trump mistook her for Trudeau's wife" the Washington Post recounts yesterday's controversial TVNZ interview with Jake Tame where Ardern tries to diffuse the situation saying she doesn't want to cause a diplomatic spat....
I believe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been invited to New Zealand for a meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister Ardern. I take it Trump didn't meet expectations enough to consider a visit with Kiwis important.
