Canada’s answer to Trump 2.0 worries? Everything’s fine.
Politico“They’re going to have to think through very carefully who it is that had the best personal relationship — forget professional,” former U.S. In 2019, the prime minister was caught on a hot mic joking about the president, leading Trump to blast Trudeau as “two-faced.” In 2022, Trump called Trudeau a “far-left lunatic,” and this year he repeated a false claim that the prime minister could be Fidel Castro’s son. In the early days of Trump’s presidency, he ripped up the North American Free Trade Agreement, calling it “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere.” He slapped tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel. In 2019, the prime minister was caught on a hot mic joking about the president, leading Trump to blast Trudeau as “two-faced.” | Evan Vucci/AP They’ve recently found common cause confronting Chinese imports, including critical minerals, which Canada has an abundance of and believes can be used as leverage to help grow North American defense and energy sectors. Following Trump’s win, Trudeau and his Cabinet have intensified calls with their Ukrainian counterparts and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who said this week that Trump is “right” about the need for certain members to spend more on defense.