Friday, October 5, 2018

Have Trump And Trudeau Made Nice?

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at the G7 leaders summit in La Malbaie, Que., on Friday, June 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Politico: Behind the scenes with Trump and Trudeau: How they made nice

They are looking for a bigger reset after U.S.-Canada relations had sunk to their lowest level in decades.

OTTAWA — After months of tension and insults in their trade war, President Donald Trump tried out a new role with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: peacemaker.

Several sources familiar with a Monday call between the two leaders described the president dominating the conversation with an almost uninterrupted burst of enthusiasm, speaking for the vast majority of a 15-minute call about how amazing, how perfect things would be now.

“It was extremely positive,” said one Canadian official. Other witnesses described the prime minister struggling to squeeze some words in, amid the president’s extended peace declaration.

The themes of that big, beautiful call across the northern border have emerged in public view, with Trump suddenly describing the countries as a regional trading block, ready to take on the world together.

What a difference a week makes.

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WNU Editor:  They have NOT made nice. Not even close. The White House got what they wanted, and are praising Prime Minister Trudeau while gloating with what they got. And what did they get .... here is a just a small example .... Under USMCA, Canada is neither strong nor free (Wenran Jiang, Globe and Mail ).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trudeau is free to suck up to XI and kiss his derrière any time he wants.

The USMCA is a way to confront a unfree country with 'state controlled' capitalism.

(1) If there is a hostile country

(2) If there is economic warfare

(3) If a hostile country has state controlled capitalism

Then working together under the USMCA like you would militarily under NATO is a must.

Anonymous said...

NORINCO is a People's Liberation Army (PLA) controlled i.e. state controlled corporation.

That is just one example showing that China has 'state controlled' capitalism.

China has waged economic warfare when it has manipulated its currency in the past. It accounts about 1/3rd of the total trade deficit.

China certainly is hostile.

If a Canadian politicians/PM wants to undermine America by colluding with China on trade, then I am fine with an embargo of Canadian goods.

Mike Feldhake said...

Great Stuff!! This helps Canada as it can't be bullied by China.

Americanadian soldier said...

China will find way..... China will grow larger