Tony G Challenges Canadian PM to a Game of Poker

Pete - Thursday, December 17, 2015, Written by- Thursday, December 17, 2015, Live poker

Canada's suave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was left red-faced recently when he took a 60 second challenge for Canadian news & current affairs publisher macleans.ca when his answer to the question, "What's your favourite Baltic country" was the rather unfortunate, "that's not a thing". In response to his gaffe Lithuanian poker player and entrepreneur turned MEP Antanas "Tony G" Guoga challenged him to a game of poker - promising to take "everything you've got."

Tony G's tongue-in-cheek offer to Trudeau was made as he stood alongside several fellow Baltic MEP's from Estonia, Latvia, and LIthuania who wanted to wish the Canadian PM a Merry Christmas and educate him as to the whereabouts and achievements of their home countries.

Trudeau has since claimed that his answer was misinterpreted. He is insisting that his intention was to say that choosing one's favourite Baltic nation "should not be a thing", and that he was aware of the Baltic nations as he had previously dated a woman from one of those countries. Trudeau, according to New Europe said that he "decided that no good could come from answering the question with reference to any specific country. So he declined as diplomatically as he could."

Watching the video back, we're not sure we're convinced of Trudeau's "explanation" - judge for yourself, see the video here

You can also see Tony G's offer to crush Trudeau at the felt below: