Speaking with reporters in the White House during a signing ceremony on Friday, Trump was blunt at times when asked about Canada. At first, Trump batted away a question about trade with Canada noting that the ceremony was about a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Moments later, he made his views clear.
鈥淐anada put a charge on some of our companies and Canada has been a very difficult country to deal with over the years,鈥 Trump said.
鈥淓conomically we have such power over Canada. I鈥檇 rather not use it,鈥 Trump said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it.鈥
Foolish is correct because this means tariffs stay in place, jobs are put at risk and Canada suffers.
It鈥檚 not just voices in Washington saying that, it鈥檚 coming from business groups and provincial premiers as well. Various industry groups have been warning the government that this was the wrong path to take and the Business Council of Canada had come out strongly against the tax.