Friday, November 29, 2024

Today's news: Talking turkey about tariffs


Tonight, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to have dinner with Trump and talk turkey about tariffs. 
Now, Trump is a vain, stupid man and Trudeau is a progressive, a scholar and a gentleman, but both have great charm and both can use it ruthlessly whenever they need to. 
New York magazine's Yashar Ali posts the photo above and writes:
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau dines with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago. 
I also see Senator-elect Dave McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell, who served in senior roles in the Trump and Bush administrations and was a managing partner at Goldman Sachs. 
North Dakota Governor and Interior Secretary-designate Doug Burgum and North Dakota’s First Lady, Kathryn Burgum. 
Commerce Secretary-designate Howard Lutnick and his wife, Allison. 
Incoming National Security Advisor and current Congressman Mike Waltz and his wife, Julia Nesheiwat, who served as Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump in the first administration and, prior to that, served in the Trump and Obama administrations as U.S. Deputy Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. 
And that looks like Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Prime Minister Trudeau’s Chief of Staff, Katie Telford. 
Obviously, seeing who was attending, this dinner was not just a spur-of-the-moment spasm, but a well-organized event reflecting thoughtful consultation on both sides.

Remember when Trudeau phoned Trump to congratulate him on Nov. 6? There was no better way for Trudeau to appeal to Trump's vanity than this:
  after Trudeau congratulated Trump, he mentioned his father Pierre Trudeau had lost an election and made a comeback to win again — an anecdote Trump seemed to “enjoy” and prompted him to call Trudeau’s father a “‘fantastic guy.’” 
Meanwhile, our teenage Canadian media were just so pissed tonight that they didn't know what was happening until it happened:
This little story is why Trudeau is such a great prime minister for Canada:

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