Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump chat at the G20 summit in this file photo from July 2017. Trudeau has spoken to Trump to offer condolences and assistance over the deaths and destruction in Texas and Louisiana caused by hurricane Harvey. The White House offered up that nugget in a Thursday readout from Washington on the phone call between the president and the prime minister over the deaths and destruction in Texas and Louisiana caused by hurricane Harvey. “President Trump thanked Prime Minister Trudeau and the people of Canada for their offer of assistance and underscored the close ties between our two nations,” said the White House release. It said Trudeau offered Trump condolences over the damage caused by the torrential rains that have flooded vast swaths of Texas.

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 20:59 UTC