Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago: source – National [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to meet with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Global News has learned.

The trip comes days after Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico unless the two countries stop migrants and illegal drugs from crossing the border.

Flight data showed the plane regularly used by the prime minister for travel landed in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday evening, which is the closest airport to Mar-a-Lago.

Global News has learned Trudeau is staying overnight in West Palm Beach and will fly back to Canada on Saturday morning. He is not staying at Mar-a-Lago.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc is also in attendance, Global News has also learned.

The Prime Minister’s Office did not publicly confirm the meeting with Trump and it did not appear on Trudeau’s itinerary for Friday.

Trudeau and Trump spoke on the phone Monday evening after …