I’m glad Justin Trudeau managed to get face to face with Donald Trump and make the case that Canada shouldn’t be socked with tariffs that would send our economy into a recessionary spin.
Obviously it’s better to talk directly to the Great Khan in his stately Mar-a-Lago pleasure dome than to be left on the outside peeking in. If you’re invited for dinner, of course you go, and you make the very best of it. On the face of it, it must mean something positive that Trump agreed to see the PM so quickly after dropping his tariff bombshell. Doesn’t it?
ICYMI Mar-a-Lago talks not exactly as friendly as LeBlanc, Hillman and Trudeau described them "The president-elect told the prime minister if Canada cannot fix the border issues and trade deficit, he will levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods on day one when he returns to… pic.twitter.com/gOkWX2WUNV
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) December 3, 2024
PETER DOOCY: “Tonight, we’re getting new details about that Trump-Trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. We are told that when @JustinTrudeau told President-elect Trump that new tarrifs would kill the Canadian economy, Trump joked to him that if Canada can’t… pic.twitter.com/eAYNJL6SCq
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) December 2, 2024
Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources
h/t Mauser
