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WATFORD — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had called out Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for failing to meet the target of spending 2% of national output on defence adding he was two-faced for comments he appeared to have made about him.

“He’s two faced,” Trump said when asked about remarks Trudeau seemed to make about the U.S. president’s performance at a news conference at a NATO summit in Britain.

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“I find him to be a very nice guy but you know the truth is that I called him out the fact that he’s not paying 2% and I can see he’s not very happy about it,” Trump added.

“He’s not paying 2% and he should be paying 2%. Canada – they have money.”

On Tuesday, Trump had put Trudeau on the spot over Canada’s NATO defence spending.

“What are you at? What is your number?” Trump pointedly asked, referring to how much Canada spends on NATO defence as a percentage of its GDP. The two men met on the sidelines of a major NATO military alliance meeting in London.

Prime Minister Trudeau replied, “The number we talk about is 70 per cent increase over these past few years.” He then mentioned “significant” spending on jets and naval vessels.

But Trump, who has repeatedly demanded that all NATO allies meet a benchmark figure of two per cent of GDP, was not to be diverted from his question.

“Where are you now in terms of your number?” he asked again.

That prompted Trudeau to look to his delegation, which included Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, who offered several answers before Trudeau replied with 1.4 per cent.