President-elect Trump acknowledged that he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, calling the conversation “productive.”
“I just had a very fruitful meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and we talked about the many issues that our two countries need to work together to address, including the fentanyl and drug crises that have taken so many lives as a result of illegal activity. “We talked about important topics: immigration, fair trade agreements that don't put American workers at risk, and the huge trade deficit that the United States has with Canada,” he said. I wrote it on Saturday In true social.
“I have made it clear that the United States can no longer stand by and watch our people fall victim to the scourge of this drug epidemic, caused primarily by drug cartels and fentanyl coming from China.” Ta. “Too much death and suffering!”
Trump added that Prime Minister Trudeau was committed to working with the United States to “end this horrific devastation to American families.” Other topics included energy, trade and the Arctic, according to the post.
“These are important issues that I will address on and before my first day in office,” he concluded in his post.
The two also met on Tuesday, a day after President Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and raise tariffs on products from China in a bid to crack down on immigration and drug movements. . Like fentanyl in the US
Prime Minister Trudeau said the conversation after the phone call was “good” and expressed optimism about working with the president-elect when he takes office in January.
“It's about getting the facts out and being able to move forward in a constructive way,” the prime minister said at the time. “We know it will take some effort to build this relationship, and we intend to do it.”
Ahead of President Trump's visit to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Prime Minister Trudeau said he would make sure Canada remains on the “right track.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also met with President Trump in response to Trump's tariff threats. She, too, said the conversation was “productive,” but pushed back on the president-elect's claims earlier this week that Mexico had agreed to close its border with the United States.
“We reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and peoples,” she wrote. late wednesday on social platform X.
Mr. Sheinbaum also threatened to impose its own tariffs on the incoming Trump administration if the threat is carried out.
