It was revealed on Saturday that President-elect Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau covered a wide range of topics from China tariffs during a nearly three-hour dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
Trudeau called his impromptu meeting with Trump at Palm Beach Golf Club a “great conversation,” but did not elaborate as he left the hotel. According to CNN.
The encounter comes as President Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on exports to the United States from Canada and Mexico unless neighboring countries act to curb the flow of illegal fentanyl and immigration into the United States. It was done a day later.
In addition to tariffs, the two also discussed NATO, Ukraine, oil pipeline projects and icebreakers, the people said. He spoke to Bloomberg about this.
The mini-summit was made possible at Prime Minister Trudeau's suggestion. According to the Toronto Star.
Prime Minister Trudeau has been keen to point out in conversations with President Trump that the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States from Canada is far lower than from Mexico, while his top officials have also spoken to U.S. authorities regarding the fentanyl crisis. We have loudly expressed our cooperation.
Photos from the rally showed the two leaders flanked by members of Trump's incoming administration.
Also at the table was Mike Walz, President Trump's nominee for national security adviser. Doug Burgum, candidate for Secretary of the Interior. Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick and Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick.
Prime Minister Trudeau was also accompanied by Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Chief of Staff Katie Telford.
“One of the things that's really important to understand is that when Donald Trump says something like that, he means to follow through on it. There's no question about that,” according to Bloomberg. Trudeau told reporters at a press conference Friday morning.
“Our responsibility is to point out that in this way he is not only going to harm Canadians, who are actually working very well with the United States; It would also raise prices for Americans and harm American industry and businesses.”
