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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

Trump hoarded gossip on world leaders he didn’t like including Trudeau, Merkel and Macron, report says

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Donald Trump relished collecting personal details about fellow world leaders during his time as president, according to a new report.

Insiders tell the New York Times that during intelligence briefings, the otherwise-bored commander-in-chief would perk up when security agencies relayed the innermost details they had gleaned about the lives of Canada’s Justin Trudeau, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel.

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