Donald Trump Meets Justin Trudeau in Florida 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Learn English with the News

In this lesson, you're going  to learn English with the news.

We're going to read an article together about a  meeting between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau,  

and you'll learn advanced vocabulary,  advanced grammar and correct pronunciation.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Let's review the headline.

Trudeau in Florida to meet  Trump after tariff threat.

So, of course, we're talking  about president-elect Donald Trump  

and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Now, notice in the headline that  there are some words missing.

There are some auxiliary verbs and some articles.

Do you know what words are needed grammatically  to turn this headline into a full sentence?

What do you think?

Trudeau in Florida?

Perhaps we need a verb.

Trudeau.

He is in Florida.

Trudeau is in Florida to meet Trump.

This is acceptable simply using the last name  of the person to meet Trump after tariff threat.

So threat is a noun.

Tariff is the adjective that describes the threat.

So we need an article to go with this  noun you can use after ah tariff threat.

Ah means any it's a general threat or  the tariff threat meaning a specific one.

Now let's talk about what ah threat is.

So ah threat is an action that  has negative consequences and  

you use it to influence or pressure someone else.

So let's take a look at this example.

You could say this to me, Jennifer, if you  don't make new videos weekly, I'll unsubscribe.

OK, So the action with negative consequences  

is that you will unsubscribe,  which isn't positive for me.

That hurts my channel.

So that is absolutely a  negative consequence for me.

And you are saying this to influence  me or to pressure me to do what?

To make new videos weekly.

And the verb form of a threat  is threaten to threaten.

OK, so I could say she or he threatened to  unsubscribe if I don't make new videos weekly.

But don't worry, you don't need to threaten me  

because I am already committed to  making new videos weekly for you.

So if you are excited, put let's go, put  let's, let's go, let's go in the Commons.

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Now let's continue on and learn about this threat.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida, so  here we have our is because now we're using full  

sentence structure, which commonly isn't done in  headlines, is in Florida to meet Donald Trump.

As Canada seeks to head off, the president elects  threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods.

So this is the threat.

This is the potential negative consequence.

And notice here threat.

This is our noun.

We know because there's an article,  

but also because the verb form  remember, is threaten, threaten.

So you have to add that EN  threaten and notice how this  

T isn't overly pronounced in American English.

Threaten, threaten, threaten.

The verb form would be either Trump  threatened because it's a pass simple action.

He already didn't.

So notice the pronunciation threatened.

Just a soft D at the end.

Trump threatened or it could be in progress.

He's doing it now.

So the present continuous Trump is threatening  and then are infinitive to impose to do something.

I spelled tariff wrong to impose  a 25% tariff on Canadian goods.

So this is the potential negative consequence.

Now notice goods has an S on it.

So of course with the adjective good,  we don't add an S But here as the noun,  

this is the noun goods, goods, and services.

So this has an S on it.

Let's review the phrasal verb to head off.

And you head off something, in this  case, the threat, Donald Trump's threat.

Now, this means to prevent  something negative, but we really  

use this in more emergency  situations or crisis situations.

So to urgently prevent, we don't  use this in a more casual, oh,  

I need to prevent a bad  night's sleep, for example.

We really use it in very strong situations.

We need to act quickly to head off the flood  because the flood is an emergency and we need to  

urgently prevent this and having a 25% tariff,  that is an emergency and economic emergency.

So it's understandable that head  off is used in this context.

Let's continue on our last part.

We didn't review a source.

A source is a pertinent, a person  who shares information anonymously  

so they don't reveal their identity,  a source has confirmed to the BBC.

Canadian media reported that  Trudeau landed on Friday.

So that means he arrived by plane because that  is the verb we use only for planes landed.

That Trudeau landed on Friday evening to  visit Trump at his Mar A Largo estate.

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Now, let's continue with our the two.

Of course, this means Trudeau and Trump, the two,  

the two men, the two people, the two or  we could say the two leaders as well.

The two spoke by phone earlier in the week after  

Trump announced that upon  taking office in January,  

he would slap an across the border tariff on all  products entering the US from Mexico and Canada.

OK, so Mexico is involved in this as well.

Let's go back and look at by phone because you  may be more familiar perhaps with on the phone.

Both of them are possible.

By phone sounds a little more formal, which is  understandable why it's used in this context.

But let's say that your husband's sister  friend says, hey, do you have a sack?

Do you have a second?

Do you have a sack?

A very common way to ask if someone is  available and free, Do you have a sack?

And the person can reply back  and say I'm on the phone.

I'm on the phone.

So here in this context, when you use the  verb to be, you must use on the phone.

You can't say by phone.

This is the method of communication.

But this is the current state.

I am, I'm on the phone.

Now let's look at upon upon taking office  in January, a pawn means immediately after.

So he took office or he  will take office in January.

This hasn't happened yet.

And then immediately after this tariff is going  to start, he's going to impose the tariff.

That's the verb that you can use in  a more formal way to impose a tariff.

That's when the tariff officially  starts or is in effect.

So you can say immediately after  and then you can continue on  

with your gerund because after is a  preposition, upon is a preposition.

Now this also means as soon as.

So upon, immediately after, as soon as.

They're synonyms.

If you use as soon as, you  can't use the gerundanks,  

you have to use the subject and then the present.

Simple as soon as he takes.

As soon as he takes.

So not the future simple, the  present simple as soon as he takes.

Now you could also say immediately after he takes  office, but you couldn't say upon he takes office.

So remember these different structures.

Let's continue.

Upon taking office in January, he would slap  an across the board tariff on all products.

OK, let's review this verb because slap is  when you you hit with your hand like that.

So in this case, you can think of it as to impose,  

introduce or enforce, but  in a sudden or forceful way.

Just like when you slap, it's  usually sudden and forceful as well.

In a professional context, you  could say the new CEO slapped.

Strict rules on employees,  so enforced or introduced.

And because slap is a verb,  you need to conjugate it.

So in this case, it's in the past.

Simple, the new CEO slapped  with a soft T slapped slapped.

So in this case he would slap and across the  border tariff and across the board tariff.

This means that the tariff would  apply to everything across the board.

Now, in this case, across the board  is negative because it means that all  

products will have this tariff, but  you could use it in a positive way.

The new CEO introduced an  across the board bonus plan.

So across the board is an adjective.

In this case, it describes the bonus plan and it  sounds like it means it is for all, for everyone.

So it's not just for the sales  department, it's for sales,  

marketing, administration,  everyone across the board.

So it can positive as well,  but because it's positive,  

I wouldn't use slap because  slap sounds like it's negative.

So I changed it to introduced the new CEO,  introduced an across the board bonus plan.

Woohoo, let's continue neither  the prime minister's office.

So in this case, it's not Justin Trudeau who is  

the Prime Minister is the prime  minister's minister's office.

So it's the office, the people who  who work for the Prime Minister.

Neither the prime minister's  office nor Trump's team have  

responded to a request for comment on the visit.

Ah, neither.

Nor does the use of that confuse you?

Do you feel a little intimidated using it?

Well, don't worry, even native  speakers get this one wrong.

So let's review that.

Neither nor are used as negation.

So neither X nor Y means not X, not Y.

Neither John nor Mary can present.

This means John cannot  present, Mary cannot present.

But if you change that to either X  or Y, this means only one, not both.

Either John or Mary can present.

One person can present, not both.

In this case, we don't know who will present, but  we know it will be 1, and with neither it's zero.

So in this case, it means the Prime  Minister's Office didn't comment  

and Trump's team didn't comment.

The trip was not included on  Trudeau's public itinerary for Friday.

Do you know what an itinerary is?

An itinerary.

Repeat after me Itinerary Itinerary.

An itinerary is a detailed plan  or schedule of activities and  

we generally prepare this for a trip or an event.

So here is not a detailed 1.

You would have a lot more details, but it  would tell you OK, 8:00 breakfast and it  

would probably include the location  and even the transportation options.

So you would include more  details than just breakfast.

10 museum again, address.

How will you get there?

11 tour.

So maybe you have a tour booked at the museum.

It starts at 11 and then you continue on.

630 dinner and then you just continue on.

So it would be your day from start to finish  and everything that you're going to do.

This is similar to an agenda,  but it's more the context.

So Jen, an agenda is a list of tasks or  

topics and it's generally used for  meetings, discussions or events.

So the agenda would include what are  you discussing or what are you doing?

So for your personal trips  you would plan an itinerary.

For your work day you could have an agenda.

So the trip the trip taking place here was not  included on Trudeau's public itinerary for Friday.

This sounds like it wasn't publicly advertised.

They didn't want a lot of people to know about it.

The two men will have dinner, a source said.

So again, a source is someone who is sharing this  information anonymously to protect their identity.

For whatever reason, Trump has  been at his Mara Largo estate.

So in this case, the his belongs to Donald Trump  

because Donald Trump is the one  who owns the Mara Largo estate.

Trump has been at his Mara Largo estate  meeting with his transition team.

Trudeau is reported to be the first G7 leader  to visit the president-elect since the election.

Notice here how they use reported  to be reported to be the the.

The use of this word is important because  it suggests that this may not be true.

So he is reported to be.

People think he is but remember  meetings take place in private  

and the public may not know of  other meetings that have taken  

place so that's why they use reported  because it cannot be 100% confirmed.

This is commonly used as an adverb and again  it is important because it changes the meaning.

If you said she threatened to quit without  reportedly it sounds like a statement of fact.

But if you add in she reportedly threatened to  

quit, this means someone told me this  happened but I'm not 100% it's true.

So it really does change the meaning.

It's an important use and a good word to remember,  

and it can be used as the adjective  form here and the adverb as well.

Let's continue.

Trudeau has often underscored that the two  countries, Canada and the US, because you  

need the in front of United States that the two  countries were able to successfully renegotiate.

So when you add re before the  verb, notice that pronunciation,  

it's a strong E re renegotiate  and it means to do the verb again.

So I recommend that you re watch  this lesson because you need to  

learn everything in detail and  most likely you need to re watch  

it to make sure you fully understand  everything that I'm teaching right now.

So what did they negotiate again?

A major trade pact during Trump's first  term, his first term as president.

Before we move on, let's talk about_as a verb.

To_means to emphasize or highlight and  is conjugated in the present perfect.

And when you emphasize highlight_you, make  something clear obvious, well, known it's.

Actually the same as the verb to highlight which,  is what I JUST did to the word successfully and.

Why do I HIGHLIGHT things here to?

Make them more obvious more, clear to,  make them stand out more, visible so.

That's what emphasize highlight, and_mean so.

To give an example previously, Jennifer  Underscored I, UNDERSCORED this, is the verb so.

Here it's in the past simple Jennifer underscored  the importance of re watching this lesson.

So notice this structure you  can use the importance of and  

then your gerund because of is a preposition.

Jennifer underscored highlighted emphasized  the importance of re watching this lesson.

And that's true.

I did that a few minutes ago.

Let's continue on, though.

The relationship between the two leaders,  

Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump,  has a occasionally been rocky.

Oh, what do you think?

Does this mean their relationship  has been positive or negative?

What would you say?

Happy face thumbs up or :( thumbs down?

Hmm has occasionally been rocky.

So notice this verb here, the verb to  be conjugated in the present perfect.

So we have to be rocky.

Rocky is our adjective.

Well, this is negative because it means  to have difficulties or challenges.

So you describe something as rocky.

Their marriage, their relationship, their  business partnership is rocky and it means that  

they are having challenges.

They are having difficulties.

There's another expression that is also commonly  used, especially with personal relationships.

Their marriage is on the rocks,  

on the rocks and it means the exact  same thing which is to be rocky.

Their marriage is rocky.

Their marriage is on the rocks.

So though the relationship between the two  leaders has occasionally had challenges, had  

difficulties, has occasionally been rocky.

Let's continue on Friday, speaking  at an event in Prince Edward Island.

This is a location in Canada, in  Prince Edward Island, Trudeau said.

The two countries rolled up our sleeves.

So notice this is in quotation  marks, which means Trudeau said this.

So he would have said we rolled up our sleeves  because the two countries, but as a subject,  

it would have been Trudeau's  country and Donald Trump's country.

So coming from Trudeau, he would have  said we rolled up our sleeves and we're  

able and we were able to create  jobs on both sides of the border.

So it means in Canada and in the US, the  US don't forget that in Canada, in the US,  

both sides of the border, to roll up one's sleeves  is an idiom which means to prepare for hard work.

And roll up is if you had long sleeves and you,  

you moved them up to roll up your sleeves,  which you might do before you start working.

So I could say to my students, let's roll up  our sleeves and learn the present perfect.

Now by saying this, this suggests that learning  

the present perfect is hard work because  you use this expression before hard work.

So if you're ready to roll  up your sleeves and improve  

your English fluency, put let's go, let's go.

Put, let's go.

In the comments.

He said he looked forward to having  many great conversations with Trump.

So the he is Justin Trudeau because he  was the last speaker, our last noun.

So he said he looked forward to.

Don't forget that the expression  is to look forward to something.

Now, because to belongs to the expression look  forward to is followed by the verb and ING.

This is a mistake I see a  lot of students make now.

You can use the gerund verb or a noun  following look forward to look is your verb.

So this is what you conjugate,  in this case, the past simple.

So hopefully you're thinking right now.

I look forward to your next lesson.

So this is the noun.

What if I wanted to add a gerund?

What could I say or what  could you so say in this case?

I look forward to watching your next lesson.

So in this case, having doesn't  need to be there because many  

great conversations with Trump is the noun.

And you can look forward to many great  conversations with Trump without the noun.

But if you add that noun or the verb, excuse me,  

if you add the verb, make sure it's  the gerund, your verb with ING.

The Florida visit is the latest move by  Canada as it seeks to avoid the hefty tariffs.

OK, so notice here the Florida  the is not attached to Florida.

That would be grammatically incorrect  because Florida does not take an article.

the United States as an  exception, uses an article.

So why is the here?

Because it's the visit.

Visit is your noun.

The visit.

What type of visit?

The Florida visit.

So Florida describes the visit.

The Florida visit is the latest move by  Canada as it seeks to avoid the hefty tariffs.

What does hefty mean?

So it's an adjective.

It describes the tariffs.

Well, you might get the sense  that they're large or severe.

Large or severe.

You can use this to describe  a quantity like here, tariffs.

That would be the quantity, the amount 25%.

Wow, that's hefty.

You could say that's a hefty  fine that you have to pay for,  

perhaps a parking ticket, or  that's a hefty punishment.

That sounds more like a severe  punishment because it doesn't  

sound like there is an amount attached to  that punishment or that's a hefty donation.

That sounds like an amount, and in this  case, it's positive that it's hefty.

So it can be negative with a fine or a tariff,  but it can also be positive with a donation.

Or you can also use this to mean  large in terms of physical size.

That's a hefty box as well.

So Canada seeks to avoid the hefty tariffs  which could have wide reaching economic impacts.

You could also use the across the board  economic impacts, but if you say that,  

it means that this tariff would impact every  sector, every area of the economy in Canada.

So I'm not sure if that's true,  

but you could technically say that could  have across the board economic impacts.

And that's the end of the article.

So what I'll do now is I'll read  the article from start to finish  

and this time you can focus on my pronunciation.

Trudeau in Florida to meet  Trump after tariff threat  

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida to  meet Donald Trump as Canada seeks to head off the  

president elects threat to impose a 25% tariff on  Canadian guns, a source has confirmed to the BBC.

Canadian media reported that  Trudeau landed on Friday  

evening to visit Trump at his Mara Largo estate.

The two spoke by phone earlier in the  week after Trump announced that upon  

taking office in January, he would slap an  across the border tariff on all products  

entering the US from Mexico and Canada.

Neither the Prime Minister's  Office nor Trump's team have  

responded to a request for comment on the visit.

The trip was not included on  Trudeau's public itinerary for Friday.

The two men will have dinner, a source said.

Trump has been at his Mara Largo estate  meeting with his transition team.

Trudeau is reported to be the first G7 leader  to visit the president-elect since the election.

Trudeau has often underscored  that the two countries were able  

to successfully renegotiate a major  trade pact during Trump's first term,  

though the relationship between the two  leaders has occasionally been rocky.

On Friday, speaking at an event in Prince  Edward Island, Trudeau said the two countries  

rolled up our sleeves and were able to  create jobs on both sides of the border.

He said he looked forward to having  many great conversations with Trump.

The Florida visit is the latest move  by Canada as it seeks to avoid the  

hefty terrace which could have  wide reaching economic impacts.

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