President-elect Trump took one other jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his Fact Social account simply after midnight on Tuesday, saying “it was a pleasure” to satisfy with “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Nice State of Canada.”
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the opposite evening with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Nice State of Canada,” Trump wrote. “I stay up for seeing the Governor once more quickly in order that we might proceed our in depth talks on Tariffs and Commerce, the outcomes of which can be actually spectacular for all!”
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday to debate matters just like the economic system, unlawful immigration and a proposed 25% tariff. (Justin Trudeau X)
Trump and Trudeau met on the president-elect’s luxurious Mar-a-Lago property in West Palm Seashore, Florida, final week, calling it a “very productive assembly.” Trudeau flew to Florida simply days after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian and Mexican merchandise.
Trump has proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, citing what he describes as each nations’ failures to stem the circulation of unlawful immigration and illicit medicine into the US.
Trump’s slight on Tuesday comes after sources beforehand instructed Fox Information that the president-elect instructed the prime minister in the course of the assembly that if a tariff for failing to deal with commerce and immigration points would kill the neighbor to the north’s economic system, possibly it ought to grow to be the 51st state.
“We mentioned many essential matters that can require each international locations to work collectively to deal with, just like the fentanyl and drug disaster that has decimated so many lives on account of unlawful immigration, truthful commerce offers that don’t jeopardize American employees and the large commerce deficit the U.S. has with Canada,” Trump wrote on Fact Social final week.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks by the foyer of the Delta Resort by Marriott, Nov. 29, 2024, in West Palm Seashore, Florida. (AP Picture/Carolyn Kaster)
“I made it very clear that the US will now not sit idly by as our residents grow to be victims to the scourge of this drug epidemic, brought about primarily by the drug cartels, and fentanyl pouring in from China. An excessive amount of loss of life and hardship!”
The pair additionally mentioned power, commerce and the Arctic, though Trump did not disclose different particulars in regards to the dialog.
“All are important points that I can be addressing on my first days again in workplace, and earlier than,” Trump mentioned, with out saying whether or not tariffs had been nonetheless on or off the desk.Â
Late final month, Trump mentioned on Fact Social he would impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico on his first day in workplace.
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A bunch waits to be picked up by Border Patrol within the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus Nationwide Monument close to Lukeville, Arizona. (AP Picture/Matt York, File)
“Proper now a Caravan coming from Mexico, composed of 1000’s of individuals, appears to be unstoppable in its quest to return by our presently Open Border,” he wrote. “On January twentieth, as one among my many first Govt Orders, I’ll signal all vital paperwork to cost Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL merchandise coming into the US, and its ridiculous Open Borders.”
Throughout his first time period, Trump renegotiated the North American Free Commerce Settlement (NAFTA), changing it with the United States-Mexico-Canada Settlement (USMCA), which went into impact July 2020. The USMCA aimed to modernize and tackle points within the authentic NAFTA, significantly regarding labor rights, environmental requirements and digital commerce.
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“I will inform her [Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum] on day one, or sooner, that if they do not cease this onslaught of criminals and medicines coming into our nation, I will instantly impose a 25% tariff on all the pieces they ship in to the US of America,” Trump mentioned throughout his final North Carolina marketing campaign cease earlier than the election.
Fox Information Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
