President-elect Donald Trump continued to troll Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday amid tariff talks, dubbing him “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” after purportedly joking at a private dinner about the American ally to the north becoming the 51st US state.
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump, 78, ribbed on Truth Social shortly after midnight.
“I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all! DJT.”
On Monday, the Canadian prime minister vowed when speaking before the Halifax Chamber of Commerce that his nation will “respond to unfair tariffs in a number of ways,” Bloomberg reported.
President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau met for dinner at Mar-a-Lago in late November after the US leader threatened high tariffs on its northern neighbor. Justin Trudeau, /X“Let’s not kid ourselves in any way, shape or form: 25% tariffs on everything going to the United States would be devastating for the Canadian economy,” Trudeau said, noting how retaliatory steel and aluminum tariffs brought the first Trump administration to heel in 2018.
Trudeau, 52, flew down to Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump on Nov. 29, when the incoming president apparently teased that Canada should be absorbed into the US — if the country refuses to comply with his new tariff plan.
Trump welcomed Trudeau at his sprawling West Palm Beach, Fla., estate after the 45th president threatened to impose a 25% import tax on both Canada and Mexico, as migrants and illicit drugs continue to flood across both the southern and northern borders into the US.
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump ribbed on Truth Social shortly after midnight. @realDonaldTrump/TruthSocial
Trump also previously trolled Trudeau by posting an AI image of
him next to a Canadian flag. @realdonaldtrump/Instagram
Donald Trump listens to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they walk toward the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2017. AFP via Getty ImagesThe Canadian PM pleaded with Trump not to impose the high tariff because it would “kill” their economy, Fox News reported.
“So your country can’t survive unless it’s ripping off the US to the tune of $100 billion?” Trump reportedly responded, referring to the American trade deficit with Canada.
Trump in the talks apparently tried to cajole the Canadian leader into also splitting up the Great White North into two states — one liberal and one conservative — with another dinner attendee noting that, without the division, the US would only gain one “very liberal state.”
Trudeau and his entourage laughed “nervously” at the prospect of being annexed by the US, according to Fox News.
