WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have supper with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to enforce sweeping tariffs on Canadian items.
Trump threatened to enforce tariffs on items from Canada and Mexico if they puton’t stop what he called the circulation of drugs and migrants throughout their borders. He stated he would enforce a 25% tax on all items goinginto the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his veryfirst executive orders.
A individual familiar with the information called it a “positive comprehensive supper that lasted 3 hours.” The main, who was not licensed to speak openly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of privacy, stated subjects consistedof trade, border security, fentanyl, defense, Ukraine, NATO, China and pipelines, as well as the the Group of Seven conference in Canada next year.
Although Trump assoonas called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest” throughout his veryfirst term, ties inbetween the 2 nations have stayed amongst the closest in the world. Trudeau is the veryfirst leader from the G7 nations to checkout Trump because the Nov. 5 election.
Joining Trump and Trudeau at supper were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s candidate for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, Mike Waltz, Trump’s option to be his nationwide security advisor, and the 3 guys’s betterhalves.
Also at the supper were David McCormick, simply chosen U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and his otherhalf, Dina Powell, a previous deputy nationwide security consultant under Trump, as well as Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose obligations consistof border security, and Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of personnel.
McCormick published a image on X of the group seated at a round table on the patioarea of Mar-a-Lago. At the table behind the president-elect a youngboy can be seen mugging for the electroniccamera.
Trump’s shift did not respond to concerns about what they had talkedabout or whether the discussion reduced Trump’s issues about the border.
A smiling Trudeau decreased remark upon returning to his West Palm Beach hotel late Friday.
Trudeau stated earlier Friday that he would willpower the tariffs concern by talking to Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Thursday after speaking with Trump that she is positive a tariff war with the United States will be prevented.
“We’re going to work together to fulfill some of the issues,” Trudeau informed pressreporters in Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. “But eventually it is through lots of genuine positive discussions with President Trump that I a