Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed Vice President Harris' loss in the 2024 presidential election Tuesday during a celebration promoting women in politics, calling it a setback for gender representation in politics.
“We should have been moving steadily, if at times difficultly, toward progress,” Prime Minister Trudeau said at a celebration for Canadians. Group-centered In a clip highlighted as “On Improving Gender Representation in Canadian Politics” by Mediaite.
“Yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for the second time not to elect its first female president,” he added.
The comments came as Harris' relationship with her opponent, President-elect Trump, has been in the spotlight, with the two having met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida late last month. We had a meeting.
On Tuesday morning, President Trump referred to Prime Minister Trudeau as the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” in a post on Truth Social, a comment that some Canadian politicians found unfunny. It was a joke.
“Last night I had the pleasure of having dinner with Governor Justin Trudeau of Great Canada,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so we can continue our thorough discussions on tariffs and trade, and the outcome will be truly great for everyone.” !” DJT. ”
The president-elect has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods and even higher tariffs on China. Leaders of those countries have warned of retaliatory economic measures if he does so.
Harris became the second female Democratic candidate in the past eight years to lose the presidency to Trump after becoming the first female vice president in November.
“Women's rights and women's progress are under attack everywhere, overtly and subtly, but I want you to know that I am and always will be a proud feminist,” Trudeau said at Tuesday's gala. spoke. “I and my government will always have allies.”
President Trump initially called his meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau “productive,” writing in a post on Truth Social that he discussed “many important topics that our two countries need to address together, including fentanyl and the drug crisis. He said his meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau was “productive.” Illegal immigration, fair trade agreements that don't put American workers at risk, and America's huge trade deficit with Canada. ”
