Canada's ambassador to the US says Trudeau's dinner with Trump key to getting tariffs removed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : She said Trump used his iPad to play music and she said Trump told Trudeau he's a big fan of Canadian singer Celine Dion"I don't think it could have been better to be frank.
68% : Hillman said Trudeau asked to see Trump in person in a phone call Monday and Trump invited him to dinner on Friday.
54% : Hillman said Trump and Trudeau "get along well" and the dinner was also a chance to socialize.
48% : Hillman was at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump.
44% : Trump called the talks "productive" on Sunday in a social media post but signaled no retreat from his tariff pledge.
42% : "Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department and be energy czar, Mike Waltz, Trump's choice to be his national security adviser, and the three men's wives.
40% : At the dinner, Hillman said the case was made to Trump that there is no comparison between the Canada-U.S. border and Mexico-U.S. border.
39% : 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.
38% : Also at the dinner were David McCormick, just elected U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and his wife, Dina Powell, a former deputy national security adviser under Trump, as well as Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, and Katie Telford, Trudeau's chief of staff.
18% : 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.

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