Amid the ongoing trade war between US and Canada, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Canada ‘a nasty country to deal with’.
Trump also took potshot at the former prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Trump said, “One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada. Now, this was Trudeau —good old Justin. I call him ‘Governor Trudeau.’ His people were nasty and they weren’t telling the truth.”
.@POTUS: “One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada. Now, this was Trudeau — good old Justin. I call him ‘Governor Trudeau.’ His people were nasty and they weren’t telling the truth.” pic.twitter.com/Sf7cyaVfSU
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Trump, who began his second term as US President in January this year, has repeatedly threatened to make Canada the ’51st US state.’
When Laura Ingraham pointed out that his treatment of Canada could propel the governing Liberals to win the next election and lead a government that is hostile to the US, Trump said, “I don’t care. I think it’s easier to deal, actually, with a Liberal and maybe they’re going to win, but I don’t really care. It doesn’t matter to me at all.”
Trump then took aim at Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, who is running to be Canada’s prime minister.
“The conservative that’s running is, stupidly, no friend of mine. I don’t know him, but he said negative things,” he said. “When he says negative things, I couldn’t care less.”
The Liberals, who have been in power since Trudeau was elected PM in 2015, just weeks ago looked headed toward certain defeat to the Conservatives in the
election, which must be held by October 20 but could happen earlier. But they are mounting a major comeback after Trudeau stepped down and Mark Carney, a former central banker, was elected by the Liberals as their leader. Several recent opinion polls have shown the Liberals closing the gap or even ahead of the Conservatives.
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