To be fair, JT was behind Mexico, Ukraine, and Russia (although Russia is backtracking on the call)
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Jarnhamar
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Negative, he's the first.
Hard to believe his approval rating is slow low when he's clearly so influential on the worst stage
Those were calls though. This was in person.To be fair, JT was behind Mexico, Ukraine, and Russia (although Russia is backtracking on the call)
World stage influence never really translates to domestic polling numbers.Negative, he's the first.
Hard to believe his approval rating is slow low when he's clearly so influential on the worst stage
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Do phone calls count?
Here’s what happened on a call between Trump and Mexico’s president - National | Globalnews.ca
Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum spoke just after his threat to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada and Mexico in an effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs.
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The Kremlin Said Trump-Putin Phone Call Never Happened. Why? - The Moscow Times
Opinion | On the evening of Nov. 10, The Washington Post reported that U.S.
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... so why do you think POTUS47 decided to take this meeting this time with this world leader?
Also, here's one version of how the DJT-JT meeting went ...
Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and said the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug
... so let's see what happens next. I'm not confident of optimal exploitation by current Team Red management, but I dare to dream, too.
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CBP’s BORTAC unit used to do cross border work all the time with the DEA, sometimes with Mexican forces, sometimes without. (Could be the reason they got shut down?).
Due to the way President Obama created Clandestine Service rules, Special Mission unit military personnel are not considered military personnel, so like CIA Special Activities personnel can be deployed both domestically and internationally without any restrictions on our end ( now it’s embarrassing if they get outed ).
Delta killed Pablo Escobar, so it’s not without precedent.
Jarnhamar
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Naw.Do phone calls count?
I'm so glad you asked.
Posturing. Trump made some big-deal threats and has Canada, and Trudeau, over a barrel.
Trudeau, who is drowning in the polls, is desperate to save face. Team Trump knows how to use google search and knows the precarious position Trudeau is in; they're happy to start their 4 years with Canada on it's knees.
Latest appointment announcement: Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner, has been named as Trump’s pick for ambassador to France.
Trump has previously pardoned Charles Kushner for tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions (to Democrat campaigns some years back). Kushner is a real estate developer, and a major Trump donor. He does not have State Department or diplomatic experience.
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Trump has previously pardoned Charles Kushner for tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions (to Democrat campaigns some years back). Kushner is a real estate developer, and a major Trump donor. He does not have State Department or diplomatic experience.
Trump picks Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France
Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law, pleaded guilty to 18 federal charges in 2004 and was pardoned by Trump in 2020.
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One not unreasonable take. If he really wanted to rub his nose in it, Team Trump could have pulled a “no meetings yet” and let the world know that, too.
Another take: someone made DJT realize Canada’s worth meeting with (not PMJT, but Canada) as a neighbour worth being less than shrill with. As social posts go, DJT’s on the meeting wasn’t as hyperbolic as some.
There’s likely all sorts of reasons in between those two extremes. Your political mileage may vary.
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This sounds... encouraging?
But much of Trump's Saturday afternoon statement following the meeting focused on the "drug crisis that has decimated so many lives".
"I made it very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic, caused mainly by the Drug Cartels, and Fentanyl pouring in from China," Trump wrote.
"Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation."
www.bbc.com
Trump praises "very productive" Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trudeau
But much of Trump's Saturday afternoon statement following the meeting focused on the "drug crisis that has decimated so many lives".
"I made it very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic, caused mainly by the Drug Cartels, and Fentanyl pouring in from China," Trump wrote.
"Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation."
Trump praises 'very productive' Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Florida as Canada seeks to the avoid blanket tariffs threatened by the president-elect.
www.bbc.com
This sounds... encouraging?
Trump praises "very productive" Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trudeau
But much of Trump's Saturday afternoon statement following the meeting focused on the "drug crisis that has decimated so many lives".
"I made it very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic, caused mainly by the Drug Cartels, and Fentanyl pouring in from China," Trump wrote.
"Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation."
Trump praises 'very productive' Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Florida as Canada seeks to the avoid blanket tariffs threatened by the president-elect.
Also a few more details.
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The important part is what's best for Canada. We're stuck with Trump, who responds to ass kissing, which is free. I don't give a damn about national dignity if we get national advantage out of something. It behooves the PM, Cabinet, and diplomatic corps to pucker up if that's the easiest way to get whatever Canada might want. Yes, Mr. President, you're the best leader ever to lead a country, just the best. Granted, just typing that feels dirty...
Same principle as Parliamentary apologies: if it avoids a lawsuit or shaves a few million off a settlement, then yes, we're extremely sorry, so very sorry.
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Musk, Stallone among star-studded names partying at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club for Thanksgiving
A number of high profile names descended on Mar-a-Lago this thanksgiving including tech billionaire Elon Musk, “Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone and Canadian Prime Minister Just Trudeau.
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Elon Musk and Sylvester Stallone attended Trump's Thanksgiving dinner that's all over social media
Videos circulating online showed Elon Musk attending the event at Mar-a-Lago alongside his mother, Maye, and the actor Sylvester Stallone.
www.businessinsider.com
Top billing.
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So Trudeau was just another celeb?
I would qualify him a celebrity turned politician. Apparently celebrity status is something of a value measure there.
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While a number of US celebrities have chosen to leave the US in the wake of Trump's victory, can we hope that our political celebrity Trudeau might choose to leave Canada in the coming months? Maybe a trade of sorts?
Who exactly would you want to trade for though?
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Do I have to come up with all the good ideas?
The list of potential trades doesn’t lend well to the “good” part of the ideas.
Looks like Tariffs will be happening one way or another. I guess it will depend on how long and what is negotiated after they are place.
www.ctvnews.ca
Canadian team told Trump's tariffs unavoidable right now, but solutions on the table in surprise Mar-a-Lago meeting
During a surprise dinner at Mar-a-Lago, representatives of the federal government were told U.S. tariffs from the incoming Donald Trump administration cannot be avoided in the immediate term, two government sources tell CTV News.