Canada's Justin Trudeau caves to Trump's tariff threat and strikes billion-dollar border agreement

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that helium had agreed to drawstring of Donald Trump's borderline demands and won a 30-day reprieve from a raft of hefty tariffs.

He announced helium was appointing a fentanyl czar and information officers would support a 24/7 ticker connected the border.

'I conscionable had a bully telephone with President Trump,' helium posted connected X. 

'Canada is implementing our $1.3 cardinal borderline plan—reinforcing the borderline with caller choppers, exertion and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and accrued resources to halt the travel of fentanyl. 

'Nearly 10,000 frontline unit are and volition beryllium moving connected protecting the border.'

It comes aft Trump astatine the play announced helium was preparing to slap 25 percent tariffs connected imports from northbound of the border. 

Canada said it was preparing tit-for-tat tariffs connected American goods. 

But that each evaporated aft the 2 leaders spoke by phone.

'This is victory,' said a elder White House official. 

'There were a batch of doubters retired determination who seemed to hide we are the world's biggest economy.'

Hours earlier, Trump paused akin tariffs connected Mexico aft its president agreed to reenforce its borderline with 10,000 National Guard members arsenic portion of an effort to stem the travel of drugs. 

Trump said helium would usage the one-month intermission to prosecute successful further negotiations with Mexico. 

'I look guardant to participating successful those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, arsenic we effort to execute a 'deal' betwixt our 2 Countries,' helium wrote connected Truth Social.