(Audio Clip) he thinly veiled criticism of his host

[lagoo]

I have trouble understanding the following bold part.

He warned that the hopes of global prosperity was threatened by rising nationalism, and he thinly veiled criticism of his host, President Trump.

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[emsr2d2]

I have trouble understanding the following bold part.

He warned that [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] hopes of global prosperity [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] were threatened by rising nationalism, and [STRIKE]he[/STRIKE] in a thinly veiled criticism of his host, President Trump, Mr Macron said ...

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See my corrections above to your transcript. "Thinly veiled criticism" is criticism that is barely hidden. It might not be an outright obvious criticism but he is criticising Trump and he is not really trying to hide that criticism.