President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanged remarks regarding possible tariffs on Canada. Trump took to Truth Social, trolling Trudeau for warning about a potential tariff war with the U.S.
Trump called Trudeau the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” in a social media post overnight. This comes after the Canadian prime minister warned a tariff war could result in increased prices for Americans.
This conflict comes just days after Trudeau met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Trump touted putting a 25% levy on imports from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stem the flow of migrants and drugs into the U.S.
During their meeting, Trudeau reportedly told Trump the tariffs would devastate Canada. Trump teasingly replied that Canada could avoid the tariffs if it considered becoming the 51st state.
Trump said Canada receives billions of dollars in American subsidies and wants to level the playing field.
Trudeau told Chamber of Commerce members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that Canada will respond to “unfair tariffs” in several ways.
The prime minister said he believes Americans are realizing tariffs on goods from Canada would make life more expensive.
The first Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from Canada in 2018. Canada has tariffs on American products, such as bourbon from Kentucky, motorcycles from Harley-Davidson in Wisconsin and ketchup from Pennsylvania.
That battle ended in 2019 when Trump and Trudeau struck a deal.
