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Bloomberg denies it leaked the off-the-record Trump comments on Canada that sparked a firestorm

Bloomberg Newsflash on Sunday denied being the source of an off-the-record interview remark descried by President Donald Trump that complicated already tense coming to terms between the U.S. and Canada over the contours of a new North American Free Craft Agreement.

An 11th hour firestorm erupted late last week in the wake of the president’s sit down with Bloomberg for an on-the-record talk with. However, a portion of Trump’s remarks that were not for attribution or hebdomadal — in which he suggested he wouldn’t grant Canada any concessions at all — were somehow obtained and reported by Toronto Star.

On Sunday, Bloomberg Washington subdivision chief Craig Gordon said the organization neither published or endorsed the release of any of the off-the-record material from Trump’s interview. “When we tally that something is off the record, we respect that agreement,” Gordon wrote on Gossip.

The leak was highly unusual, given journalistic rules of engagement control over off-the-record material. Usually, if a source grants an interview but requests that sure portions not be published or attributed directly to them, reporters must adhere to those terms.

Trump, who is consistently at war with the media, denounced the discharge on Friday as an example of “more dishonest reporting,” and called on Bloomberg to beg.

Trade talks between the United States and Canada force kick off again Wednesday, after the two sides ended Friday’s disturbing negotiations without a deal.

“If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decades of misuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere with these negotiations or I last will and testament simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off,” the president alleged on Twitter Saturday, blasting the trade pact as one of “the worst deals always made.”

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