David Eby says White House visit went well, was urged to take Trump at his word [Video]

B.C. Premier David Eby is in Washington, D.C. with other premiers, to meet with U.S. representatives about President Donald Trump‘s proposed tariffs.

Eby said he had a “good and constructive conversation” at the White House on Wednesday afternoon with Sergio Gor, director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office and James Blair, Trump’s deputy chief of staff.

“I think it was positive,” Eby said. “It was a frank conversation. Both Mr. Gore, Mr. Blair, urged premiers to take the president at his word, that he should be taken seriously.”

Eby said the premiers were told that Trump has concerns about fentanyl crossing the border into the U.S. and about ensuring the world “respects and treats the United States fairly in terms of trade and other interactions they have with the United States.”

When it comes to tariffs, Eby said the key secretaries in Trump’s administration are still being confirmed and that once those people …