Ministers Joly, LeBlanc to meet Trump aides in Florida over tariff risks

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBC/Reuters

Posted: Dec 26, 2024 11:07 PM EST | Last Updated: Last Updated: 1 hour ago


Canada's new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will meet U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's aides in Florida on Friday to discuss the risks of imposing new trade tariffs, the Canadian government said.

Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports from Canada when he takes office in January, unless the country reduces the flow of migrants and fentanyl into the U.S.

LeBlanc's office said in a statement on Thursday the two ministers would highlight "the negative impacts that the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods would have on both Canada and the United States."

The office added Friday's meeting will also focus on Canada's efforts to combat drug trafficking and illegal migration — even though far fewer of each cross into the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico, which Trump has also threatened.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/joly-leblanc-florida-trump-team-meeting-tariffs-1.7419189

[OrlandoDem2]

1. I hope every foreign leader tells Trump to shove his policies up his a$$

I am actively rooting against Trump in every way.

[Blue_Tires]

2. This is what Donnie always wanted

To have all these foreign heads of state crawl to his throne in Florida and literally grovel and beg for him to reconsider...

What they need to do is stand up, draw a line in the sand, and challenge the angry orange idiot's bluff... Because he's a coward who folds every single time! Just like how that president of Mexico refused to his face any notion of paying for a border wall...

[Irish_Dem]

4. They all come groveling and bringing cash bribes/protection moony.

[Hope22]

5. And the men arrive wearing a suit and tie and ..

Walk out tieless, shirt rumpled. It must be a heck of an interview!

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump is asking for a lot of money and many concessions.

Blackmail, extortion.

[Hope22]

8. Exactly!

The photos of Meadows crawling away were shocking but told the story. Trudeau wore the same look the morning after.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Reminds me of how Trump looked after a meeting with Putin.

[Hope22]

11. Yes! This!

In comparison President Obama giving Puti the glare was a thing of beauty.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes that was a great picture.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. These two are NOT meeting tRump, and tRump invited Trudeau before the tariff threats. . . . . . nt

[Hope22]

9. I find it odd that foreign dignitaries are meeting with the uninstalled felon in chief.

ML has operated as a shadow WH for five years. Technically the man has never stopped playing president. I think the people who deal with him in this capacity have stepped out of their lane. Attempting to dissolve the actual presidency of President Biden.

[Marthe48]

3. Could they wait till he's actually installed?

Too many cooks, and 2 of them shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the kitchen

[louis-t]

13. Yes, but he's an "expert negotiator" and he knows better

than anybody. About everything. So there's that.