A photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dining with Donald Trump and several of his Cabinet nominees Friday evening at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida instantly went viral on the X platform.
The photo, posted by conservative influencer and podcaster Benny Johnson, shows an outwardly jovial group who are all smiles amid reports that the Canadian leader visited Trump over the latter’s threat to impose tariffs on incoming products unless Trudeau’s government did more to staunch illegal immigration into the U.S.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau meets President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/FnsXNYbLO6
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 30, 2024
“Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc accompanied Trudeau on the trip. Trudeau is the first G-7 leader to visit Trump since the U.S. election,” Fox News reported. The visit follows Trump’s recent threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico due to their failure to control the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S.
Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, outgoing North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser, and the