WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared Canada and the United States best friends Tuesday, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the friendship “extraordinary” in a virtual meeting turning the page on the turbulent Donald Trump era.
“The United States has no closer friend than Canada,” Biden said, setting the tone for the get-together conducted by video link between the White House and Trudeau’s office in Ottawa.
Although Covid-19 restrictions kept the two leaders apart physically, they went out of their way to demonstrate that the giant neighboring countries are back to their traditional closeness after the tension of Trump’s “America First” policies.
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