President-elect Trump says he can see Justin Trudeau becoming governor of “the great state of Canada.” It’s part of a pressure campaign to get big concessions on trade and immigration from Canada and Mexico. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlin, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Plaster figurines of Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum for sale at a crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Past and future President Donald Trump isn't being very nice to our neighbors.
He said he'd drop 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on day one.
This tariff will remain in effect until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl and all illegal aliens, stop this invasion of our country.
That threat has Canadians saying, how dare.
You compare us to Mexico?
And has Mexicans saying rude Canada.
But it's certainly getting everyone's attention.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a trip down to Mar a Lago to be like, what's the deal, Donald?
Will it work?
Nobody knows.
But after he left, Trump called Trudeau, the governor of the 51st state, rude.
Donald, we're gonna ask what the next block party might look like on today.
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