𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧, 𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗔𝗨𝗠, 𝗡𝗢𝗪, 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗨 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞

 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea flew to West Palm Beach, Florida for a Saturday meeting at Mar-a-Lago to discuss Trump's proposed 25% tariffs on goods shipped from Canada and Mexico into the U.S. 

Trudeau said Trump got elected because he promised to bring down grocery prices, but the 25% he's proposing to add to Canadian imports will simply add to the cost of all food items produced or grown in Canada and shipped to the U.S., including potatoes.

"It is important to understand that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There's no question about it," said Trudeau.

"Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business," he added.

Nelson Wiseman, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, stated that Trump "doesn't need convincing that new tariffs on Canadian products would not be in U.S. interests. He knows that, but cannot say it because it would detract from what he has said publicly. His goal is to project the image that he gets action when he talks."

Those tariffs could essentially blow up the North American trade pact that Trump's team negotiated during his first term. Trudeau noted they were able to successfully renegotiate the deal, which he calls a "win win" for both countries.

Just last week, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also explained to Trump how the tariffs would not be good for either the U.S. or Canada.

While it's good our nation is bounded on north and south with countries with leaders who can educate Trump on the effect of tariffs, now we need some strong leader to convince the president-elect to back off his notions of dictatorship.