Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suddenly arrived to meet the newly elected US President Donald Trump on Friday night. According to the New York Times, this meeting did not take place at Trump’s home Mar-a-Lago in Florida but at his private club. Usually, whenever any leader or celebrity goes to Florida to meet Trump, they go to his home Mar-a-Lago. Trump and Trudeau had dinner together at the club on Palm Beach. Trudeau was accompanied by Canada’s Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and many others. No information was shared earlier about Trudeau’s visit. Neither Trump’s team nor Trudeau’s office has given any information on Trudeau’s visit. This visit of Trudeau was not included in the list of his public programs. Trudeau is the first Prime Minister of G-7 countries to meet Trump after Trump was elected President. This meeting is taking place at a time when just a few days ago Trump has announced to impose a 25% tariff on Canada. Tariff is imposed on goods coming from other countries. After Trump’s statement, Canadian PM Trudeau also talked to him. Trump threatened to impose tariff on Canada
Why did Trump announce the tariff? Trump announced on social media on November 26 that on the very first day after taking oath as President, he will impose tariffs ranging from 25% to 35% on goods coming to America from Canada, Mexico and China. Trump said that if both Canada and Mexico want, they can easily curb illegal immigrants and drugs (fentanyl) supply, but they are not doing so. Until they curb this, they will have to bear the brunt of heavy tariffs imposed by America. Canada said – will discuss this issue with Trump
After this announcement by Trump, PM Trudeau’s office has issued a statement saying that Canada is necessary for energy supply in America. Last year, 60% of the oil used by America came from Canada. He will discuss these issues with the Trump team. At the same time, according to NYT, Canada is one of the biggest partners of America. America uses 80% of Canada’s oil and 40% of its gas. Trudeau had called a press conference before leaving for America. In this, he said that imposing tariffs on Canada will not only harm Canadians, but it will also increase the difficulties of American people. Apart from increasing the price of essential commodities, many businesses will suffer losses due to this. PM Trudeau said that Trump had promised to reduce grocery prices in his election campaigns, but now he is talking about imposing a 25% tax on all products. Trudeau also said that Trump fulfills what he says. His statement suggests that he may impose tariffs. According to US Customs and Border Protection, the US border patrol team arrested 56,530 people from the Mexican border and 23,721 people from the Canadian border between October 2023 and September 2024. They were trying to enter the US illegally. ………………………………………
Read this news related to Trump too… China-Canada currency falls due to Trump’s statement: The former president had said – As soon as I take oath, I will impose 25%-35% tariff on these countries. Due to a statement by America’s newly elected president Donald Trump, the currencies of Canada, Mexico and China have fallen. According to the New York Times, on November 26, Mexico’s currency peso weakened by 1.18% against the dollar in a day. At the same time, Canada’s currency Canadian dollar has weakened by 1% against the US dollar. Read the full news here…
