Trump belittles Trudeau and Canada; Musk joins Mar-a-Lago meeting with Hungary’s Orbán: Live updates
Donald Trump mocked Justin Trudeau in a late-night post on Truth Social, referring to the Canadian prime minister as a “governor” and the country as a “state”.
This follows reporting from their dinner together that the president-elect joked Canada could avoid his suggested tariffs by becoming the 51st state.
On Monday, Trudeau said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive”.
The president-elect has also met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who visited him at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. They were joined by incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, set to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump has meanwhile backed a candidate to succeed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and named Harmeet Dhillon to lead the civil rights division of the Justice Department and Mark Paoletta as general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget.
He also has caused fresh disquiet after suggesting in an interview with NBC that members of the January 6 committee “should go to jail” for investigating the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol by his supporters.
