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Opposition MP Camille Robinson Regis accused the PM Kamla Persad Bissessar of lieing when she said she was the first sitting PM of TT in 50 years to meet the President of the United States.
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00:00That is a don't right lie.
00:08Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, A.N.R. Robinson, met with U.S. President George H.W. Bush on
00:18October 9, 1990.
00:20Prime Minister George Chambers met with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, and there is evidence of this in the Reagan
00:33Presidential Library.
00:35Patrick Manning met with George Bush, and out of that meeting came support and documents that advanced the Pianko Airport
00:48scandal.
00:49Patrick Manning also met with Barack Obama.
01:00He met with Barack Obama for the Summit of the Americas.
01:07Because eventually the Prime Minister, Rowley, met with President Biden, was post-COVID recovery, climate change, energy security, regional security
01:26cooperation.
01:27It was a working luncheon.
01:30How does a visit for a photo opportunity and a lime at Joy's Roti Shop measure up?
01:41And every single time Dr. Rowley had these meetings and other meetings and traveled overseas,
01:50he would have a press conference at the airport or the next day at Whitehall or the Diplomatic Center.
01:59And at these meetings, he would be quizzed by the media.
02:04There's a link to that.
02:06What is the call?
02:07Thanks.
02:07How do I find the strategy?
02:08I found myself, I think, a couple of times.
02:09And we have to see some of the discussions.
02:09It's a special meeting, which I think it's so much, it's a special meeting.
02:09And we go to the parents, again, I think it's a special meeting.
02:10So if we go back, we can see some of the meetings.
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