Canada’s PM caves to Trump’s tariff threat, strikes billion-dollar border agreement

Trump said he would use the one-month pause to engage in further negotiations with Mexico.

‘I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a ‘deal’ between our two Countries,’ he wrote on Truth Social.

The threats had triggered fears of a global trade war, sending stock markets into steep dives.

And Canada, a longtime ally of Washington, reacted with a mix of disbelief and despair to finding itself in Trump’s crosshairs.

In a weekend address, Trudeau spoke of the betrayal that many Canadians were feeling.

‘We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people,’ he said.

Trump has shown his intent to use the threat of tariffs to get his own way since taking office.

He used them to force Colombia to back down when it refused to allow two military flights to land with their cargo of deportees.

Trudeau on Monday became the third leader to decide that a tariff battle was not a war that he could win.

‘In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering,’ he posted.

‘I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.’

Shortly before the call, Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office, where he was asked what Canada needed to do to stave off the threat.

‘What I’d like to see … Canada become our 51st state,’ he said.

‘We give them protection, military protection. We don’t need them to build our cars. I’d rather see Detroit or South Carolina or any one of our … Tennessee, any one of our states, build the cars,’

Daily Mail