President Donald Trump is pushing backmost against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling his tariffs "very dumb," saying that "when helium puts a Retaliatory Tariff connected the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff volition instantly summation by a similar amount!"
Trump made the remark connected his Truth Social relationship aft Trudeau slammed the Trump administration’s caller 25% tariffs Tuesday. Trudeau antecedently announced 25% retaliatory tariffs connected American goods successful effect to Trump's tariffs that went into effect contiguous connected Canadian imports.
"So contiguous the United States launched a commercialized warfare against Canada, their closest spouse and ally, their closest friend. At the aforesaid time, they are talking astir moving positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator. Make that marque sense," Trudeau told reporters.
"Canadians are reasonable, and we are polite, but we volition not backmost down from a fight, not erstwhile our state and the well-being of everyone successful it is astatine stake," helium continued.
TRUDEAU SAYS CANADA WILL ISSUE 25% TARIFFS ON $155 BILLION OF AMERICAN GOODS
"I privation to talk straight to 1 circumstantial American. Donald, successful the implicit 8 years you and I person worked together, we've done large things," Trudeau besides said. "And present we should beryllium moving unneurotic to guarantee adjacent greater prosperity for North Americans successful a precise uncertain and challenging world. Now, it's not successful my wont to hold with the Wall Street Journal. But Donald, they constituent retired that adjacent though you're a precise astute guy, this is simply a precise dumb happening to do. We – 2 friends warring – is precisely what our opponents astir the satellite privation to see."
Trump signed an enforcement bid authorizing an further 25% tariff connected imports from Canada and Mexico, and an further 10% tariff connected Chinese imports. Energy imported from Canada, including oil, earthy state and electricity, would beryllium taxed astatine an further 10%.
The retaliatory tariffs Canada is imposing connected $155 cardinal of U.S. goods went into effect this morning. Canada said it volition commencement with tariffs connected $30 cardinal worthy of American goods, followed by tariffs connected $125 cardinal of American products successful 21 days.
"Our tariffs volition stay successful spot until the U.S. tariffs are withdrawn and not a infinitesimal sooner," Trudeau said.
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The Canadian premier curate accused the Trump medication of choosing to sabotage their ain docket that was expected to usher successful a caller ‘golden age’ for the United States."
"The ineligible pretext your authorities is utilizing to bring successful these tariffs is that Canada seemingly is unwilling to assistance successful the combat against amerciable fentanyl. Well, that is wholly false," Trudeau besides said.
Trudeau told reporters that helium expects to talk with Trump "in the days to come" astir the tariffs.
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"What helium wants is to spot a full illness of the Canadian economy. Because that'll marque it easier to annex us…. Now, archetypal of all, that's ne'er going to happen. We volition ne'er beryllium the 51st state. But yeah, helium tin bash harm to the Canadian economy. And he's started this morning," Trudeau concluded. "But helium is rapidly going to find retired arsenic American families are going to find retired that it’s going to wounded radical connected some sides of the border."
FOX Business’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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