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Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith and President-elect Trump met Saturday to discuss the “mutual importance” of the U.S.-Canada energy relationship and the hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs supported through Alberta’s exports.
Smith wrote in a post on The mutual importance of the U.S. and Canadian energy relationship, particularly how Alberta’s energy exports support hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs. “
She went on to say that she had similar discussions with “several key allies” in Trump’s incoming administration, in which she heard their support for “a strong energy and security relationship with Canada,” which made She was inspired.
“On behalf of Alberta, I will continue to engage in constructive dialogue and diplomacy with the incoming government and elected federal and state officials from both parties, and will do everything in my power to advance the interests of Alberta and Canada,” Smith said. “The United States and Canada are both proud and independent countries with one of the most important security alliances on Earth and the largest economic partnership in history. We need to remain independent while developing this important partnership for the benefit of Canadians. and future generations of Americans.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with President-elect Trump and others from his transition team at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. (Danielle Smith x)
Smith posted about the meeting on He resigned due to excessive criticism.
However, the biggest pushback came after Trudeau announced on Monday that he would step down as prime minister once his Liberal Party elects a successor. Trump wants to annex Canada – and his plan to impose a 25% tariff on the country’s exports – comes from the prime minister of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province.
Smith and Trump discussed the relationship between the United States and Canada. (Danielle Smith x)
Doug Ford, a former businessman and conservative who has served as Ontario’s 26th premier since 2018, said in a Fox News Digital interview that the president-elect’s attacks on Canada are “crazy.” And “ridiculous”.
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He said the bilateral focus should be on “strengthening” what the Canadian government calls a nearly trillion-dollar bilateral relationship. trade relations “Making the United States and Canada the richest and most prosperous jurisdictions in the world.”
The president-elect has been attacking Canada in recent weeks, raising the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state and posting an altered photo of him standing next to a Canadian flag on a mountaintop.
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Trump has also been pushing Denmark to sell Greenland in the North Atlantic to the United States
Fox News’ Christopher Gurley contributed to this report.
