Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump after tariffs threat - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trudeau is the first leader from the G7 countries to visit Trump since the Nov. 4 election.
49% : When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own.
45% : The US Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone -- and 23,721 arrests at the Canadian one between October 2023 and September 2024.Trump also railed about fentanyl from Mexico and Canada, even though seizures from the Canadian border are few in comparison to the Mexican border.
44% : Although Trump once called Trudeau "weak" and "dishonest" during his first term, ties between the two countries have remained among the closest in the world.
43% : 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, Mike Waltz, Trump's choice to be his national security adviser, and the three men's wives.
43% : Trudeau called Trump after he made his social media posts on the border.
42% : Also at the dinner were David McCormick, just elected US 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.
31% : Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the US should Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official told The Associated Press this week.
30% : "Trudeau said Trump got elected because he promised to bring down the cost of groceries but now he's talking about adding 25 percent to the cost of all kinds of products including potatoes from Prince Edward Island.
26% : Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday after speaking with Trump that she is confident a tariff war with the United States will be averted.
23% : Trump made the tariff threat Monday while railing against an influx of illegal migrants, even though the numbers at the Canadian border pale in comparison to the southern border.
21% : Trudeau said earlier Friday that he would resolve the tariffs issue by talking to Trump.

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