Talking Tough, Playing Nice: Trump And Trudeau With The Good Call That Postponed The Tariffs For One Month
The Oasis Reporters
February 4, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau says he has just had “a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.
Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.
I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.
Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together”.
This is pretty much the same deal Trump just hammered with the Mexican president, Claudia Sheibaum.
Therefore, status quo ante as regards tariffs is now being maintained and additional security is being implemented to checkmate illegal border crossings and the smuggling of fentanyl.
In the final analysis, after the eyeball to eyeball defiant stare, who actually blinked ? But why weren’t these agreements reached ab initio?
This seems to be hard politicking going on. Therefore for the drug dealers and smugglers, it’s no longer going to be business as usual.
