Trump Torches ‘Entitled’ Canada for Years of ‘Ripping Off’ US: ‘WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!’

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President Donald Trump raged against Canada on Monday for “ripping off” the United States, and declared, “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” as he laid out his plans for tariffs on America’s northern neighbor.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said, “Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years. Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries.”

Trump continued:

Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE! On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US! They do 95% of their business with the U.S., with us, the exact opposite! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

The trade war between the U.S. and Canada intensified over the past several days, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match those tariffs “dollar for dollar” on U.S. goods going into Canada.

Carney said over the weekend that he is “going to war” with the U.S., “Because we were attacked.”

“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Carney said during a press conference after the trade talks blew up. “That’s fine. We’ve got the reserves. We’ve got the resilience. We’ve got the plan. We’ve got the focus. We will respond.”

Earlier Monday, The Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed Trump for attacking the United States’s northern ally.

“President Trump took exception last year when we called his tariffs against Canada and Mexico the dumbest trade war in history,” the board wrote. “It got dumber this weekend as Mr. Trump escalated with another round of border taxes on Canadian imports, a mere 10 weeks before midterm elections.”

The board included a warning about the upcoming midterms: “Republicans are already getting pounded on the campaign trail over his tariffs and inflation. One reason for Mr. Trump’s frigid approval rating is that voters believe Mr. Trump is waging blunderbuss wars without a strategy, and on trade they’re right.”

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