From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Donald Trump says 'a Liberal' would be 'easier to deal with' than
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:57:40 -0400
Organization: Sons of Rhodesia
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would rather work with the Liberal
Party leader in Canada to resolve a trade war he instigated with Ottawa,
weighing in on an expected national election in the neighbouring North
American country.
Trump in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday was pressed by host Laura
Ingraham on polls that show the ruling Liberal Party of Prime Minister
Mark Carney ahead of the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre. The
likely contest comes after the U.S. imposed tariffs on its largest
trading partner and threatened future levies in an escalating fight that
has roiled the northern neighbour.
of England governor, won the contest to lead the Liberal Party,
succeeding former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this month.
Carney could call a national election soon, and he has been portraying
himself as an experienced crisis manager. He cites his tenure leading
two major central banks during the global financial crisis and Britainâs
exit from the European Union as making him uniquely qualified to deal
with the economic threat posed by Trump
Canada has been a top target of Trump in his second-term push to reshape
global trade flows and counter what he says are unfair trading practices
by U.S. partners.
The president has hit Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent levies on most
goods â a measure he said was aimed at forcing the countries to crack
down on the flow of migrants and illegal drugs across U.S. borders.
Trump delayed those measures for a month on goods that comply with a
free trade agreement he negotiated in his first term, but has also
imposed steel and aluminum tariffs and also threatened additional import
duties on Canadian lumber and dairy.
Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs, and Carney has pledged to
maintain those until Trump withdraws his actions. Trump has expressed a
desire to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and in his interview Tuesday
said it was âone of the nastiest countries to deal with,â as he
criticized Trudeauâs response to his trade concerns.
Representatives for the Liberal and Conservative parties of Canada
didnât immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trumpâs comments criticizing Poilievre on Tuesday were not the first
time he has been critical of the Conservative leader, whose party until
recently had been ahead in polls.
âWell, I think his biggest problem is heâs not a MAGA guy, you know?â
Trump said in an interview with the Spectator published in February,
referring to the Republicanâs Make America Great Again slogan. âI mean,
heâs really not, heâs not a Trump guy at all.â
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/donald-trump-mark-carney-pierre-poilievre