Canada's ambassador says Trudeau told Trump the Canadian border can't be compared to Mexico's

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 8:25 PM EST, December 1, 2024


TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and key Cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair.

Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador in Washington, told The Associated Press in an interview that Trudeau’s dinner with Trump on Friday was a very important step in trying to get Trump to back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Hillman was at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump.

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders. He said in a social media post last Monday he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders.

Hillman said Trudeau asked to see Trump in person in a phone call Monday and Trump invited him to dinner on Friday.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/canada-trudeau-united-states-trump-tariffs-42878c1cac442fc7a51c36fbc5fc78a3

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump loves the attention and groveling.

People kissing his ring and begging for exemptions from his cruelty.

A most disgusting display.

Yes Canada is not the Mexican border.
Everyone knows that including Trump.

[Historic NY]

2. Perhaps Trump wants him to build a log wall////

We could go back to rearming the forts and cutting off the bridges.

Look at Derby Line Vt. its neck snapping life between two countries
https://clui.org/newsletter/winter-2006/life-line-derby-line-vermont]

[70sEraVet]

3. And we could name the Forts after individuals who participated in j6!

After all, we have a history of naming military bases after Insurrectionists.
Its the LEAST we could for those poor patriots.
, of course.

[70sEraVet]

4. That article is interesting and witfully written.

Pedestrians on the sidewalk are also technically required to report as soon as they cross the line. Visiting someone on the other side of the line, even if the building is next door, means walking around to the inspection station first, or risk being an outlaw. Playing catch on Maple Street/Rue Ball would be an international event, and would break no laws presumably, so long as each time the ball was caught, the recipient marched over to customs to declare the ball.

(Same article)

[C0RI0LANUS]

6. Thanks for posting photos of the Derby Line. I've always wanted to visit it.

The townsfolk must have the most fascinating conversations.

[travelingthrulife]

5. This is all such a farce. His main squeeze Elon is an illegal immigrant from

Canada, eh.

[C0RI0LANUS]

7. What tortures Trumpf puts Canada, NATO, the EU, and the world through. And he hasn't been inaugurated yet.

Footnote: Ted Cruz was Canadian before giving up his citizenship. (Cuba > Canada > Texas)

[KewlKat]

8. Perhaps if Trudeau used a sharpie on a map, the visual may have gotten thru to the dotard