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premier of alberta Danielle Smith and President-elect Trump met Saturday and discussed the “mutual importance” of a U.S.-Canada energy relationship and the hundreds of thousands of American jobs supported by Alberta exports.
“Over the past 24 hours I had the opportunity to meet with the President (Trump) at Mar-a-Lago last night and at his golf club this morning,” Smith wrote in a post on X. “We had a friendly and constructive conversation during in which I emphasized the mutual importance of the energy relationship between the United States and Canada and, specifically, how hundreds of thousands of American jobs are supported by Alberta energy exports.”
She went on to say that she had similar conversations with “several key allies” of the incoming Trump administration in which she was encouraged to hear about their support for “a strong energy and security relationship with Canada.”
“On behalf of Albertans, I will continue to engage in constructive dialogue and diplomacy with the incoming administration and elected federal and state officials of both parties, and will do everything I can to advance the interests of Alberta and Canada,” Smith said . “The United States and Canada are proud, independent nations with one of the world’s most important security alliances and the largest economic partnership in history. We need to preserve our independence while growing this critical partnership for the benefit of Canadians and Americans. generations to come.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with President-elect Trump and other members of his transition team at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. (Danielle Smith X)
Smith posted about the meeting in Trump.
However, as Trudeau announced Monday his plan to resign as prime minister once the Liberal Party he leads elects his successor, the biggest setback for Trump’s speech to annex Canada – and his planned 25% tariffs on the country’s exports – come from the premier of Canada’s most populous province, Ontario.
Smith and Trump discussed the relationship between the United States and Canada. (Danielle Smith X)
Doug Ford, a former businessman and Conservative who has been Ontario’s 26th premier since 2018, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the president-elect’s targeting of Canada is both “crazy” and “ridiculous.” “.
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He said bilateral attention should focus on “strengthening” what the Canadian government calls a nearly trillion-dollar bilateral agreement. business relationship “to make the United States and Canada the richest and most prosperous jurisdiction in the world.”
The president-elect has been trolling Canada in recent weeks, floating the idea of it becoming the 51st state and posting a doctored photo of him standing next to a Canadian flag on top of a mountain.
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Trump has also been pushing for Denmark to sell the North Atlantic island of Greenland to the United States.
Fox News’ Christopher Guly contributed to this report.
