President Bush "kept up his tradition of informal relations" with world leaders by casually summoning Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, "a rather stiff and shy figure." Footage of a G8 lunch "showed Bush talking to Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and saying 'Yo Harper! The president of Nigeria,'" Reuters notes. At a 2006 summit, "Bush landed ally Tony Blair in some trouble by calling out 'Yo Blair!'"
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