As Trudeau and Trump meet, U.S. president says he will press China to release detained Canadians

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would press China’s president Xi Jinping to release two detained Canadians when he meets with him next week at the G20 summit, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat listening.

Trudeau was respectful, but eyed his host warily as Trump responded to reporters’ questions in the Oval Office during a photo opportunity about the fallout from Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer.

Trudeau’s third official meeting in Washington with the unpredictable president went as well as any Canadian official had expected, and the main takeaway was the apparent restoration of normal relations between Trudeau and Trump after last year’s disastrous G7 meeting in Charlevoix.

As if to confirm the Canadian team’s view expressed privately to reporters, Trump tweeted afterward it was his “great honor” to host the Canadian prime minister. Trump’s tone stood in stark contrast to his insulting tweets last year that Trudeau was meek, mild, weak and dishonest. - Read More

As Trudeau and Trump meet, U.S. president says he will press China ...