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Maybe not exactly open arms but we were doing pretty good up to this point.
Have you been watching the same exchange I have? Trump started this by declaring us a threat to national security so he could put tariffs on us without congressional approval. How is that doing pretty good?
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... rea-summit
Freeland must either be a sociopath or an idiot because despite her assertion to the contrary she went right out and poked the bear again.
This is beyond coincidence and I defy anyone to show me that Trudeau and his gov't aren't manufacturing crisis in an attempt to look like "tough world leaders" who can stand up to America and Trump. And, I certainly don't believe that this gov't could be so stupid that when this whole renegotiating schmozzle started they didn't understand what and who they're dealing with.
I hope if this band of asshats does mananage to get reelected it's worth it for them because, their insults and inopportune actions are going to end up costing the Canadian population dearly.
That's from the G7, not recently. We also didn't do anything insulting at the G7 other than saying we wouldn't be pushed around. Are we really going to try and spin that Trudeau saying we won't be pushed around is an insult now?
Yes.
Trudeau knew who he was dealing with and chose to start playing games with someone who considered him a friend.
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Hours later, they sat down together behind closed doors. According to a source with knowledge of their discussions, Trump said: “People forget how close we are Justin, and I notice that they took a picture of us smiling and talking and the market went up 200 points.”
Trump would raise that anecdote a couple more times over the course of what was a pivotal meeting, according to an official. Asked what to make of that, the source said perhaps the American president liked to reflect on his power.
All things were going well and Trudeau may have convinced Trump of the benefits of our trade agreements.
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“The Prime Minister said, ‘Look, here’s the essence of our trading relationship. We sell you a lot of oil and energy and you sell us a lot of food and manufactured goods. It is a trillion dollar relationship. We could pick any one of those things and argue over the numbers. But shouldn’t we be talking about the relationship as a whole, which is an unmitigated positive for both of us?”
Canadian officials believed at the time Trump “got that.” They agreed to accelerate NAFTA talks, but there was no clear path as to the next steps with the tariffs in place.
After their meeting, Trump and Trudeau attended the G7 leaders working dinner on peace and security in the world, a topic where all leaders could find some common ground.
So far so good, right?
Then Trudeau comes out and makes a statement that changed everything especially with the "mercurial" US President.
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Trump left, skipping the climate change and oceans sessions, but Trudeau took the stage Saturday evening to proclaim all G7 leaders had reached a joint statement, calling the summit a success and outlining his own talks with Trump.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/201 ... he-g7.htmlIt doesn't sound like much but when you're dealing with Trump, exposing what he thought was said in confidence and saying he was in agreement with the other leaders when he wasn't made him look weak and was enough to send him over the edge and quite possibly made worse because he though Trudeau was a friend.
Trudeau and the Canadian Gov't should have known who they were dealing with long before they even went to the G7 or stepped up to the NAFTA negotiation table so, they're either remiss in their understanding of our largest trading partner or they purposely chose to piss Trump off for their own benefit.
Then when Freeland went out and started her ad hominem acceptance speech where every person on the planet knew she was talking about Trump and his administration it was enough to put us behind the proverbial 8 ball when it comes to negotiating a fair deal especially when we're dealing with someone as narcissistic as Donald Trump.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/14/20 ... ranscript/So which is it. A complete knieveity on the part of the Liberals or, for Canadian consumption a deliberate attempt to look like they're standing up to the Americans?