Flynn scandal overshadows Trump-Trudeau meeting
By AlJazeera
14 February 2017 |
10:30 am
US President Donald Trump's meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was overshadowed by a scandal involving one of Trump's top aides.
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