Trudeau Meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after Tariff Threat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

84% : Trudeau told reporters on Saturday morning that he had "an excellent conversation" with Trump during his dinner at Mar-a-Lago, but he walked away from the press when asked if tariffs were discussed.
65% : Trump publicly hailed the new accord on several occasions, boasting that it represented an enormous improvement over the original trade pact.
57% : The group included North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), his choice for interior secretary; Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), whom Trump tapped for national security adviser; and transition co-chair Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick for commerce secretary.
55% : Trump and Trudeau were joined for dinner by some of Trump's Cabinet picks and their spouses.
46% : "On Thursday, Sheinbaum said she and Trump agreed in a phone call that their countries will have a "good relationship," and she dismissed his threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexico's exports if it didn't stop the flow of migrants and fentanyl to the United States.
37% : The sudden visit to Florida came days after Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods, along with an additional 10 percent on Chinese merchandise.
31% : Trump claimed Sheinbaum had agreed to "stop Migration through Mexico," and the Mexican president responded by saying that "Mexico's stance is not to close borders but to build bridges.
29% : Trump also spoke to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum over the phone on Wednesday following the tariff threat, but the two have described dramatically different versions of what took place.
23% : Trudeau at times had a strained relationship with Trump during his first term in the White House, particularly when it came to matters related to trade.
18% : Trump criticized the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) during his first presidential campaign, replacing it with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which took effect in 2020.

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