Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Friday, days after Trump vowed to impose a 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian goods as soon as he returns to office. Canada has since said it would implement more hard-line border measures in hopes that Trump will back down, including the possible deployment of drones and helicopters to the U.S.-Canada border.
Meanwhile, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who threatened to slap retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., also spoke with Trump last week. After their phone call, Trump declared that Sheinbaum “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico … effectively closing our Southern Border,” but Sheinbaum refuted Trump’s account, saying she simply explained Mexico’s continuing migration policies and that there is no plan to “close borders.”