President Trump Makes A HUGE Announcement On NAFTA

President Trump just made it official. He was right there in the Oval Office and had Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on the phone. It was a little awkward at first (technical difficulties and all) but it sounds like we’ve reached a new deal. Buh-bye NAFTA. There’s a new agreement on the horizon.

Pres. Trump has conference call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to congratulate him on new trade deal: “I thought we would congratulate each other before it got out, & I know we will have a formal news conference in the not-too-distant future.” https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/d6cqfnaMzU

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

“It is our wish, Mr. President, that now Canada will also be able to be incorporated in all of this .. And I assume that they are going to carry out negotiations of the sensitive bilateral issues between Canada and the United States,” Peña Nieto says https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/6c6FQSh3KT

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

The next step is incorporating Canada– unless they want to go with a completely separate agreement.

Adam Austen, spokesperson for Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, said, “Canada is encouraged by the continued optimism shown by our negotiating partners. Progress between Mexico and the United States is a necessary requirement for any renewed NAFTA agreement. We are in regular contact with our negotiating partners, and we will continue to work toward a modernized NAFTA. We will only sign a new NAFTA that is good for Canada and good for the middle class. Canada’s signature is required.”

“It is our wish, Mr. President, that now Canada will also be able to be incorporated in all of this .. And I assume that they are going to carry out negotiations of the sensitive bilateral issues between Canada and the United States,” Peña Nieto says https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/6c6FQSh3KT

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

"It's a very simple negotiation. It could end in one day and we'd take in a lot of money the following day," @POTUS says on upcoming trade negotiations with Canada https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/lJsU4TMer4

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

BTW– Trump is already proposing a new name: The United States-Mexico Trade Agreement.

.@POTUS: “I like to call this deal United States-Mexico Trade Agreement. I think it's an elegant name. I think NAFTA has a lot of bad connotations for the United States because it was a ripoff. It was a deal that was a horrible deal for our country." https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/Ehetx1w8NY

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

"I really hope… that the part [of the trade deal] with Canada will be materializing in a very quick fashion," Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto says on the phone with President Trump https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/QOc8tmb56u

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018

President Enrique Peña Nieto also has a few tweets about the agreement:

Canada, you’re up.

To be continued…