The leader of Canada‘s biggest province says he will cut off energy to the United States if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all of the country’s products.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford – a member of the country’s opposition Tory party – spoke about his province and nation’s plan to fight back after a meeting with Trudeau and his other counterparts.
Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico unless they stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
He has also spent a lot of time trolling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ever since their Mar-a-Lago meeting after Thanksgiving, with Trump joking that he will make Canada the 51st state.
Ford – whose province includes Canada’s largest city in Toronto and capitol Ottawa – added that he didn’t want this to happen but wasn’t optimistic Canada could avoid tariffs.
The relationship between the liberal Trudeau and conservative Trump has been a source of fascination in recent weeks, with the pair having an apparently friendly Mar-a-Lago meeting followed by Trump’s continued joking that Canada should become the 51st state.
