Source: Fox News
Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed hope that U.S. Republicans would lose the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, suggesting voters should hold President Donald Trump accountable for escalating the trade war with Canada. Ford, a vocal critic of Trump, accused the president of trying to move Ontario businesses and jobs to the U.S. He also said he believes Trump wants a deal before the midterms. The U.S. recently banned Canadian dairy products, motorcycles, and alcoholic beverages in response to Canadian tariffs. Ford claimed Trump had unintentionally strengthened Canada by forcing it to reduce dependence on the U.S.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Ford says Trump is unreliable and untrustworthy.
Trump keeps trying to change the trade rules.
Both leaders keep attacking each other in public.
It’s like a scripted argument between rivals who can’t stop talking.
Author: Evan Null
Ontario Premier’s Comments on U.S. Elections
Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed hope that Republicans in the U.S. would lose both the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. He said this in response to President Donald Trump’s actions in the ongoing trade war with Canada. Ford criticized Trump for trying to move Ontario businesses and jobs to the U.S. He also said he believes Trump wants a deal before the midterms.
Ford’s comments came after the U.S. banned some Canadian dairy products, motorcycles, and most alcoholic beverages. This followed Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion in U.S. goods. Trump also took steps to remove Canadian products from large, long-term U.S. government contracts.
Last year, Trump ended trade talks with Canada after the Ontario government aired an anti-tariff TV ad in the U.S. The ad used quotes from former Republican President Ronald Reagan, who opposed tariffs. Ford mocked Trump for keeping a portrait of Reagan near his desk while pushing for tariffs that Reagan had criticized.
Trump, in turn, called Ford “the less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford.” He also signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” a move Canada does not recognize.
Ford claimed that Trump had unintentionally strengthened Canada by forcing it to reduce its reliance on the U.S. He said the only two good things Trump had done for Canada were that he “woke us up” and “united the country like I’ve never seen before.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested Canada might hold off on further retaliation against Trump’s latest trade measures.
