Trudeau: Tonight, first, I want to speak directly to Americans, our closest friends and neighbors. This is a choice that, yes, will harm Canadians, but beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people. Tariff against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants, and other manufacturing facilities.

Trudeau: During your darkest hours, during the Iranian hostage crisis [1979-81], those four hundred and forty-four days, we worked around the clock from our embassy, to get your innocent compatriots home.

Trudeau: If President Trumps want to usher in a new Golden Age for the United States, the better path is to partner with Canada, not to punish us.

Trudeau: Canada has the ingredients necessary to build a booming and secure partnership for the North American economy, and we stand at the ready to work together.

Trudeau: Our border is already safe and secure, but there's always more more work to do…as neighbors, we must work collaboratively to fix this.

Trudeau: Tonight, I am announcing Canada will be responding to the US trade action with twenty-five percent tariffs against a hundred and fifty-five billion dollars of American goods…such as American beer, wine, and bourbon, fruits and fruit juices, along with vegetables, perfume, clothing, and shoes. It will include major consumer products, like household appliances, furniture, and sports equipment, and materials, like lumber and plastics, along with much, much more.

Listening to the press conference, it sounds like President Trump has been 'unavailable' to speak with Trudeau. kek