Days before federal elections and after more than a week without commenting on Canada, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, resurfaced his state rhetoric 51 on Wednesday afternoon and suggested that he could generate automatic rates.
The president spoke with the journalists of the Oval office, when he repeated his false statement that the United States “subsidy” to Canada with a sum of $ 200 billion from the United States per year.
“I have to be honest, as a state works very well,” Trump said. “The ninety -five percent of what they do is that they buy us and sell us.”
Comments occur when Canadian federal elections had focused less on the economic and sovereignty threats of the United States and as the liberal leader about the conservative party has hardened last week.
If Canada did not trade with the United States, Trump said: “As Trudeau told me, they would cease to exist … which is true, certainly, as a country.” The president said he called former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “Governor Trudeau, affectionately.”
In tariffs, he said he was “working in an agreement with Canada, but then suggested that he could raise them more.
“I am working well with Canada. We are doing very well,” Trump said, adding that he did not believe it was “appropriate” for him to intervene in the Canadian elections, despite seeming exactly that.
“I have talked to the current prime minister. It was very, very pleasant. I will say that we had a couple of very pleasant conversations.”
Chris Glover of CBC talked to Toronto’s voters about which federal leader believe that it is better to face the threats of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, of tariffs and annexation.
The prime minister’s office confirmed to CBC News that liberal leader Mark Carney has only had a conversation with the president of the United States, a phone call on March 28. At that time, the two leaders described the call as productive and Carney said that Trump had respected Canadian sovereignty.
The liberal leader has been campaigning in his ability to deal with Trump. In Victoria on Wednesday, Carney mentioned the president of the United States several times, asking for a “strong mandate” for a liberal government.
“This is a time for serious leadership, from a united country. We need to unite to fight against President Trump,” said Carney.
Carney accused the conservative leader Pierre Poilievre of an “American style” approach for the lack of housing, affordable housing and mental health care. The Pailievre campaign has focused on the cost of living and less government intervention.
Recent CBC vote data suggested that the main voter issues have changed since the leaders of last week’s leaders. Before the debates, the main theme registered by the voting voting tool had been the relationships of Canadá-United States, while later, that changed to the economy and the cost of living.
‘At some point, I could go up’
Trump was asked if tariffs on Canadian goods would increase, which until now includes taxi and auto parts, steel, aluminum, non-mood-Mexico goods
“At some point, I could climb,” Trump said about tariffs, although he was not clear how widely he was talking. Most of his comments focused on the automotive industry, but also said that no increases in automotive rates are currently planned.
“All we are saying is that we do not want their cars, with due respect,” said the president. “We don’t need your oil. We don’t need your wood. We don’t need your cars.”
The president repeated his line of $ 200 billion twice on Wednesday. Since December, Trump has cited several figures, between $ 100 billion in the United States and $ 250 billion of the United States, saying that the country “subsidy” to Canada. Journalists and trade experts have repeatedly discredited the claim and said it is not clear where the president of the United States obtained such a large figure.
The Commercial Deficit of Canada with the USA. It was $ 63 billion in the US. Uu last year, below a little more than $ 64 billion of the United States. In 2023. But Canadian tourists who visit the country, which according to the border agency data are decreasing, achieves something of that gap. Commercial deficits are not considered subsidies either.
It is also far from the first time that the president says that the United States “does not need” oil, gas, vehicles or Canadian wood. He began using the line in his speech to the leaders in the World Economic Forum, three days after his inauguration for his second term.
The leader of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, commented Trump’s comments upon his arrival at a campaign stop to Winnipeg.
Singh described the president’s suggestion that he would further increase the “devastating news” rates and said that the federal government “should have immediately raised” raised employment insurance.
“It is impossible for workers to survive with something less than [their salary]”, said.
Since the beginning of the commercial war, Canada has retaliates with tariffs on US goods.
The Government has also announced help for some companies and an eligibility that is extended to help Canadians deal with economic agitation.
