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President-elect Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada.”
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump said. he wrote in a post on Social Truth. “I look forward to seeing the governor again soon so we can continue our in-depth talks on tariffs and trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all of us! DJT.”
The post comes as Trump has threatened to impose Tariffs of 25 percent on all products from Canada and Mexico and increased tariffs on China.
Trudeau bash Trump for his tariff threats Monday at an event held by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, saying Americans are “beginning to wake up to the stark reality that tariffs across Canada would make life much more expensive.” The Associated Press reported.
The Canadian prime minister, who has said he will retaliate against the US imposing such tariffs, added that working with the president-elect will be “a little more difficult” because the Trump team’s ideas about what they want to start are clearer that when he was elected. in 2016, according to the AP.
However, both he was talking on the phone last month, which Trudeau described as a “good call” following Trump’s promise to impose tariffs on Canadian goods. The prime minister too visited him at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida earlier this month, a meeting with them both promoted as “productive”.
Trump said during an interview Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” could not guarantee whether Americans would pay more because of the tariffs he has promised to impose on imported goods.
Economists have warned of the impact the tariffs would have on Canada and Mexico, two of the United States’ main allies, as well as China, although Trump he brushed it off in the interview
“I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow. But I can say if you look at mine, just before COVID, we had the largest economy in the history of our country,” Trump said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
