Trudeau says dealing with Trump will be ‘more challenging’ now [Video]

Ottawa –

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time he was in the White House.

Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.

Even still, Trudeau said the answer is not to panic and that Canada can rally together to address the tough scenario the nation will face following Trump’s inauguration in January.

Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariffs against Canada and Mexico, if the two nations do not beef up their borders to his satisfaction.

It comes a day after Trump appeared in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where the president-elect said he …