Mrs. Obama chose a sleeveless, green and black frock by Toronto-born Tanya Taylor.
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Touching on a point that came up during Trudeau’s recent 60 Minutes interview, Obama broke the ice during his opening remarks with a dig at the prime minister’s varied – critics say “aimless”, admirers prefer “multidisciplinary” – job experience before politics.
“I think we just got thrown under the bus”.
Just as importantly, the leaders vowed to step up joint action on climate change, announcing a new climate and science partnership to protect the Arctic, and efforts to reduce methane emissions by almost half from the oil and gas sector, reduce the use of and emissions from hydrofluorocarbons, and align emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. But even if that’s not the case, he said the “close friendship and relationship” between the two countries will ensure that some policies carry into the future. Justin Trudeau, new Prime Minister of Canada and son of longtime Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has introduced a fresh, young, and modern spirit to the Canadian Government, and has obviously become the world’s favorite Prime Minister.
The prime minister began his day by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Practically everything about his values comes in stark contrast to what we’ve heard from Republican front-runner Donald Trump, who has dominated the 2016 election cycle with divisiveness, anger and fear-mongering. Prominent U.S. politicians, loudly and wrongly, proclaimed the attackers arrived from Canada, Bush’s envoy to Ottawa suggested a continental security perimeter, the border thickened overnight and Bush snubbed Canada by ignoring this country’s help to Americans stranded in the wake of the attacks.
“I have tremendous confidence in the American people and look forward to working with whomever they choose to send to this White House later this year”, Trudeau said, answering a question about the stakes for his country and its relationship with the United States should Trump or Sen.
“Meet Canada’s Sophie Trudeau, the hottest first lady in the world”, read a headline in the New York Post. “One administration is in its last year and another in its first year, so there are a few things that are overlapping”.
“Where’s the Stanley Cup right now?” he asked.
Obama said he intends to work toward ensuring the Democrats win November’s presidential election.
Trudeau’s time in Washington marks the first official visit by a Canadian leader in almost 20 years.
An arrival ceremony is taking place on the South Lawn, where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greeted the 44-year-old liberal leader.
Then, the two men put aside differences over Syria and the fight against the Islamic State group to joke about graying hair and trade compliments about their spouses and kids.
He referred to Richard Nixon once predicting during a state dinner toast in 1972 that baby Justin would be prime minister some day.
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Keeping good relations with the United States is critical for Canada, which sends 75 percent of its exports to its southern neighbour.
