Trudeau arrives at Mar-a-Lago amid tariff threats to Canada as Trump targets Israel ceasefire: Live
Trump has threatened Canada and Mexico with 25 percent tariffs, despite deep economic ties
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Your support makes all the difference.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly dining with Donald Trump on Friday at Mar-a-Lago, after the president-elect this week threatened Canada, Mexico, and China with substantial tarriffs.
Tariffs aren’t the only form of international influence Trump is pursuing before inauguration day. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close adviser, said on Friday that Trump hopes a ceasefire deal can be reached over the Israel-Hamas war before he takes office.
The international action comes a day after Trump roasted Democrats in a bizarre AI-generated Thanksgiving video which concluded with the president-elect bursting out of a turkey and dancing to YMCA.
The video, which parodies National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, shows a computer-generated President Joe Biden, whose head is superimposed on the body of Chevy Chase, carving a turkey.
“Save the neck for me, Clark,” California Representative Adam Schiff urges beside a giggling Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden continues to slice the turkey before Trump breaks out of the dry, crumbling carcass and grooves to the Village People’s hit.
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Daan Struyven, head of commodities research at Goldman, is one of those critics.
Katie Hawkinson reports on what he had to say.
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“As far as I can imagine, the newly elected president is an intelligent and already quite experienced person. I think he will find a solution,” Putin said on Thursday.
Putin also commended the president-elect as a “real man” after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in July.
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Jesper Brodin, chief executive of Ingka Group – which runs the majority of Ikea stores – said that the company had “never experienced a period of benefit” when high tariffs had been imposed.
Mike Bedigan reports.
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