Trump buries his differences with refugee-welcoming liberal neighbor Trudeau who says he won’t ‘lecture another country’ and opens way for new ‘tweaked’ NAFTA deal
Trump is taking his first step toward fulfilling a promise to strike a better deal for U.S. workers by renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement
He’s hosting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today at the White House
The leaders of the neighboring nations had never met, and Trump greeted Trudeau with handshake and a pat on the shoulder
Trudeau gripped Trump’s hand and his left shoulder momentarily before they disappeared into the West Wing for a photo op in the Oval Office
In the president’s office, the two leaders barely talked – Trump looked to his left with Trudeau lounged on a chair to his right
President Trump said later in the day that the Canadian PM gifted him with a photo of himself and Trudeau’s father, Pierre, a former prime minister
They held a roundtable this afternoon with women executives – including Ivanka
They’ll give a status update at a news conference on their trade talks
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
13 February 2017
President Donald Trump set aside his differences today with his liberal counterpart to the north, Justin Trudeau, praising the Canadian leader’s home country not just a neighbor but and an ally but a ‘great friend’ as he welcomed the prime minister to the White House, which he called a ‘very special place.’
Ideological opposites, the two leaders were cordial as they took questions at a news conference in the White House’ East Room.
Trudeau has welcomed refugees to Canada with open arms, but he today refused to weigh in on the American president’s travel ban.
‘There have been times where we have differed in our approaches, and that’s always been done firmly and respectfully,’ he said. ‘The last thing Canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern themselves.’
Trump backed off of his carte blanch criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying the U.S. has an ‘outstanding’ trade partnership with Canada. The portion affecting their two nations he said he wants ‘tweaked.’
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