An X post claiming that President-elect Donald Trump did not allow Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stay at Mar-a-Lago the night after their dinner went viral. The post said: “Trump allows all his guests he invites over to stay the night at Mar-A-Lago. He made Trudeau spend last night at a hotel. Trump despises Trudeau as much as we do.” Mar-a-Lago is Donald Trump’s estate in Florida where all the action is since the election night.
Justin Trudeau’s visit to Mar-a-Lago was a surprise one and was decided hastily. It followed Donald Trump’s announcement on social media that the US will impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico because these two countries are sending illegal immigrants and drugs to the US. Both the Canadian PM and the Mexican president responded swiftly and held positive talks with Trump.
Trudeau joined Donald Trump at the dinner and stayed in Florida for the night. On Saturday morning, he was seen leaving a Florida hotel in West Palm Beach. Based on this, the claim of the viral tweet can not be established that Trump did not allow him to stay the night at Mar-a-Lago. Many Canadian officials were also there along with Trudeau including public safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc, responsible for border security, and Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford. Canada’s ambassador to Washington, Kirsten Hillman, and Trudeau’s deputy chief of staff, Brian Clow.
Mary Trump’s meatloaf
According to reports, the dinner has Mary Trump’s meatloaf — named after Donald Trump’s mother. Over this meatloaf and other things, Trump and Trudeau discussed trade, border security, fentanyl, defense matters, Ukraine, China etc. The meeting came at Trudeau’s suggestion, according to a Canadian official, and it was not disclosed to the Ottawa press corps, which only found out about Trudeau’s trip when flight-tracking software detected the prime minister’s plane was in the air.
The meeting and the dinner lasted over three hours.
There was no air of hostility in the statements that both the leaders issued. While Trudeau said he had an excellent conversation with Trump, Trump said the meeting was very productive.