Posted on 07/14/2017 4:36:54 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told governors from across the US to ditch the "America First" motto.
His National Governors' Association speech in Rhode Island on Friday was a first for a Canadian prime minister.
In his speech, Mr Trudeau urged US governors to embrace their neighbour to the north and avoid protectionism.
It is all a part of his aggressive strategy to promote a "thinner border" ahead of vital trade talks with the US renegotiating the Nafta treaty.
President Donald Trump has made "America First" his mantra, shaping his policies on trade and immigration.
But Mr Trudeau, who is a fierce advocate of free trade, told the governors protectionist policies "kill growth".
"And that hurts the very workers these measures are nominally intended to protect. Once we travel down that road, it can quickly become a cycle of tit-for-tat, a race to the bottom, where all sides lose," Mr Trudeau said.
"If anything, we would like a thinner border, not a thicker one."
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Did Kasich give him a standing ovation?
FUJT. This guy is a real skunk.
Uh! Screw you, Mr. Trudeau!
What the little twit is actually saying: “Canada first.”
“If anything, we would like a thinner border, not a thicker one.”
No.
I say independence for Quebec.
Most of the Governors are Republican. Like they’re going to rebel?
Justin Trudeau needs to take a long hike and start worrying about Sharia law and his own problems with muzzies.
As far as the Canadian/U.S. border in concerned it needs to be much tighter.
He’s meddling in our government.
Too bad he doesn’t know that the executive makes agreements with foreign entities.
And he’s promoting a lie anyway... nafta is designed around taking from us and giving it to other countries...like the Paris agreement.
PDJT will make a fair deal. Trudeau is is unhappy he’s getting off the gravy train.
KMA bitch
Any Governors who agree with Trudeau are guilty of collusion and treason by the standards being demanded by liberals.
He should have been booed off the podium but our Chamber of Amnesty governors probably loved it.
Screw you, maple leaf! Not you, OP.
A foreigner is attempting to influence politicians in America! I demand an investigation!
Ditto.
Yes, my thoughts exactly.
FU, you pretty-boy Communist. You just concentrate on destroying your own country and leave us out of it!
US Governors tell Trudeau to ditch socialism.
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