All posts tagged "Justin Trudeau"

U.S. President Donald Trump used a press conference with G7 chair Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to air Russia's grievances about being kicked out of what was then the G8 over the annexation of Crimea.

Carney had just publicly welcomed Trump to the summit when the president launched into his claim that there would never have been a full-scale invasion of Ukraine had he been president.

"The G7 used to be the G8," Trump began before attacking former Canadian Prime Minister Jusin Trudeau in a rambling statement....

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Wednesday afternoon to post about his much-anticipated phone call with outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

"Justin Trudeau, of Canada, called me to ask what could be done about Tariffs," Trump wrote. "I told him that many people have died from Fentanyl that came through the Borders of Canada and Mexico, and nothing has convinced me that it has stopped."

Trump continued, "He said that it’s gotten better, but I said, 'That’s not good enough.'"...

With the trade war simmering between the U.S. and its closest neighbors, CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown wanted to get the inside scoop from guest Peter Navarro on the Trump administration's next moves.

Navarro is currently the administration's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, and seemed to be the perfect official to ask about the tariffs that will end up hurting American consumers. But Navarro didn't want to talk about trade and manufacturing; he wanted to talk about drugs.

Brown began, "Of course we're all waiting to see what's going to happen with these tariffs. What's going to happen with the call today between Trump and Trudeau? What can we expect to happen from that call? Do you expect a deal to be struck?" ...

A Canadian member of parliament told CNN Monday that he had some suggestions to hit back at U.S. economic aggression, including imposing "100 percent tariffs on Tesla."

MP Jagmeet Singh, who is running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, told anchor Boris Sanchez that Canada is "ready to fight back" and "defend" what they have.

"How do you see that fighting moving forward? Is it reciprocal tariffs?" Sanchez asked. ...

MSNBC's Ali Velshi, who hails from Canada, said Sunday that annexing his home country could lead to a "liberal supermajority" in Congress, meaning that U.S. President Donald Trump probably hasn't thought through his annexation offer.

"Donald Trump has offered Canada the chance to become the 51st state, and I say, why stop there?" Velshi said. "Bear with me while I do a little math."

Velshi went on to explain that Canada has 41 million people, "so if Canada were to become America, some changes would be in order. Fiirst of all, Congress would have to grow." ...

Within an hour of a deal struck between Canada and the U.S., CNN's Jake Tapper made an example out of two GOP leaders whose states would've been affected by Canada's retaliatory 25% tariffs.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had announced the move against the U.S. after President Donald Trump planned to levy 25% trade tariffs on Canada over the weekend. The two leaders spoke on the phone Monday morning and were scheduled for a follow-up call in the afternoon. In that call, Trudeau said the two allies had come to an agreement similar to one reached with Mexico, with both delaying tariffs for a month.

Tapper said that Trump's decision to punish Canada for allegedly allowing fentanyl to come into the United States "will cost the median American household about $600 extra per year." ...