Chrétien offers advice to Carney on dealing with Trump as Canada prepares to host G7
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OTTAWA — Three days before G7 leaders converge on Kananaskis, Alta., former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has some advice for Prime Minister Mark Carney for dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump.
'If he has decided to make a show, to be in the news, he will do something crazy. So let him do it. Keep talking normally,' Chrétien said of Trump to attendees of a pre-G7 conference organized by the University of Calgary on Thursday.
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