This afternoon, President Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on products coming from Mexico and Canada.
Here’s his Truth Social post:
Trump just put Mexico, Canada, China on notice for sending us drugs and crime.
Tariffs are coming, DAY ONE. pic.twitter.com/iS72BAJfYJ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 26, 2024
Within 12 hours, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announced that migrant caravans to the U.S. would be halted.
We reported on that here:
The Trump Tariff Effect: Mexican President Announces END to Illegal Migrant Caravans At U.S. Border!
It's amazing that President Trump is already doing so much before even moving back into the White House!
But, Canada PM Justin Trudeau's response to Trump's tariff threat was even faster -- in less than two hours since Trump's Truth Social post, Trudeau had him on the phone to discuss border security!
Take a look:
JUST IN: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he had a "good" call with Trump after the president-elect vowed to slap 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
The comment comes as Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum also scrambled to contact Trump.
Trudeau not only said the call was good… pic.twitter.com/oVlDp2B8ut
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 26, 2024
After Just One Phone Call From Trump,
Justin Trudeau immediately straightens up on the Border! 🔥They aren’t going to get over on us anymore! 🇺🇸💪 pic.twitter.com/tZf8QeWzTm
— Vicki WarriortoTruth 📖🛡⚔️🇺🇸♥️ (@Warriortotruth) November 26, 2024
Incredible…
Trump’s tariff tweet already worked.
Trudeau called Trump tonight and the two leaders spoke about border security. It was a "constructive call" per @btaplatt pic.twitter.com/g9Xl3lvA5N
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 26, 2024
From The Daily Mail:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was reportedly quick to respond to US President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods as global currencies plummeted.
The incoming president posted on his Truth Social platform Monday night that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods as long as the countries continue to allow immigrants to flow over the US border.
He also said he'd impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods over the Chinese government's refusal to make good on a promise to use the death penalty on drug dealers.
These actions, Trump said, would take place on the first day of his administration and noted that the tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports would apply to 'ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders.
'This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!'
ADVERTISEMENTTrump also suggested that Mexico and Canada had 'the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem' - indicating he wanted the neighbors to do more to patrol their borders so migrants couldn't sneak into the United States amid yet another migrant caravan.
Just two hours after Trump posted the threats, Trudeau called Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, and the two had a constructive conversation focused on trade and security at the border, an unidentified Canadian official with knowledge of the call told the New York Times.
The Hill added:
President-elect Trump following the incoming U.S. leader’s pronouncement that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods when he takes office.
“I had a good call with Donald Trump last night again,” Trudeau told reporters Tuesday. “We obviously talked about laying out the facts, talking about how the intense and effective connections between our two countries flow back and forth.
“We talked about some of the challenges that we can work on together,” he continued. “It was a good call.”
Trudeau signaled a sense of optimism at working with Trump, even though the Canadian official acknowledged that the relationship between the two countries takes work.
“This is something that we can do, laying out the facts, moving forward in constructive ways,” Trudeau said. “This is a relationship that we know takes a certain amount of working on, and that’s what we’ll do.”
ADVERTISEMENTTrudeau advocated for a bipartisan approach to dealing with the U.S., adding in his remarks to reporters, “One of the really important things is that we be all pulling together on this. The ‘Team Canada’ approach is what works.”
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