President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal Monday evening to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other’s imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out. Trump, 78, and Trudeau, 53, spoke on the phone twice Monday before announcing the agreement, with Canada set to ensure 10,000 troops will be stationed at the northern border and the PM vowing to take steps to crack down on fentanyl smuggling. “Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border, and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country,” Trump announced on Truth Social, following the call with Trudeau. “Canada will implement their $1.3 Billion Border plan.” “As President, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that,” he added. “I am very pleased with this initial outcome.” In a separate post on X, Trudeau indicated that Canada would move ahead with its $1.3 billion border plan after Trump threatened the 25% duties that were due to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. (Canadian energy products would have been subjected to a lower 10% rate.)
Nick Note: Trudeau is as dumb as he looks and he caved in pretty quick. I guess he scratched his ass and figured out he had no bargaining power. It’s absolutely absurd that Canada and Mexico think they can fight a tariff war with he US. In Mexico 90% of everything they sell including their drugs goes to America ditto for Canada. These countries have minuscule outside of American markets. Their economies are in shambles They basically sell cheap labor and their mineral resources. They have no alternative to the US market so they have to give trump what he wants. I might add that Trump’s demands were not unreasonable. It makes sense to designate the drug lords of Mexico the scourge of mankind terrorists. Canada allows Latinos from countries that can’t come into the United States free entry into Canada. Smuggling people and drugs into the US is a cottage industry in Canada. All they do is walk them across the 5000 mile border between Canada and the United States. The drug gangs in Canada are paid well by Mexican the cartels. America has many alternatives to Canadian oil. Canada does not have any other buyers for the 4 million barrels a day of oil it produces. It’s been an exciting time don’t you agree?