President Donald Trump repeated his proposal that Canada would be the 51
“We pay hundreds of billions of dollars to support Canada. Why? There is no reason.” “We don't need anything they have. We have unlimited energy, we must be our own cars, and we have more wood than we can use. Without this tremendous support, Canada stops being As a viable country. Harsh, but right! ”
“Therefore, you must become Canada Dear State 51, Trump added. “A much lower tax, and a much better military protection for the people of Canada – not a customs tariff!”
Trump suggested for weeks that the United States should take control of Canada through economic pressure.
Trump imposes a tariff on imports from Canada, Mexico and China: “The state of national emergency”
President Donald Trump speaks to the correspondents as he signs executive orders at the White House Oval Office, on Friday, January 31, 2025. (AP Photo/EVAN VUCCI)
Quoting the flow of illegal drugs across the northern border, Trump signed an order on Saturday to implement a 25 % tariff on the goods entering the United States from Canada. This, which enters into force on Tuesday, also puts energy or energy resources from Canada. It stipulates that “gang members, smugglers, human traveles, and illegal drugs of all kinds have poured our borders and our societies,” adding that “Canada played a major role in these challenges, including failure to devote adequate attention and resources or coordination useful. With law enforcement partners in the United States to effectively stop the illegal drug waves.
Trump also said he would implement the tariffs by 25 % on Goods from MexicoIn addition to 10 % on imports from China due to the flow of medications throughout the United States.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses media members after President Donald Trump signed an order to impose a strict tariff on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, in Ottawa, on Saturday, February 1, 2025. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Shinbom pledged to take revenge on Saturday.
“We categorically reject the White House of the Mexico government due to alliances with criminal organizations, as well as any intention to interfere in our lands,” Shinbom said, adding that it has ordered the instructions of the administration officials to implement the customs tariffs and the non -elaborate measures to defend the interests of Mexico.
Journalist Caroline Levitte is speaking during a briefing at the White House, on Friday, January 31, 2025. (AP Photo/EVAN VUCCI)
Trudeau said Canada will impose $ 25 % definitions on $ 155 billion of American goods, including “the instant tariffs of $ 30 billion on Tuesday, followed by more customs tariffs on American products worth $ 125 billion in 21 days.” .
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“I don't think we are not interested at all, but I think there will be a very strong demand for our government to ensure that we are defending the deal that we concluded with the United States,” I tell the Canadian Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hellman “ABC News” this week “Day Sunday.
