If Trump was not doing this there would be status quo and no negotiations... Methinks bringing folks to the table to speak of more equitable trade agreements is probably a goal of the guy who got elected saying he would do exactly that using tariffs as the tool to start it....
Basically, Jarod knows that Trump is doing what he said he would do, what those folks that voted for him wanted him to do. He just wants to portray it as a "failure" because the threat of a stick got a result that Trump wanted. Trudeau would have happily continued taking advantage of the trade deficit... instead he's negotiating with Trump. I am surprised at how quickly this resulted in exactly what Trump wanted... talks.