‘Very Dangerous’: Trump Hits Canada With Strangest Warning Yet | EUROtoday

Trump was requested about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping working to enhance commerce cooperation when his reply took a sudden flip.

“It’s very dangerous for them to do that, and it’s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China,” Trump stated. “Canada’s not doing well. They’re doing very poorly and you can’t look at China as the answer.”

China and Canada earlier this month struck a deal to cut back tariffs on canola and electrical automobiles, and agreed to work on growing cooperation.

Trump ― who has lengthy had a tense relationship with Canada ― hasn’t been glad about that, threatening tariffs of as much as 100% in opposition to Canada, and lashed out once more in his Thursday feedback.

“I know China very well, I know President Xi, he’s a friend of mine, I know him very well,” Trump stated. “The first thing they’re gonna do is say you’re not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. That’s not good. Canada’s not gonna like that.”

Trump started his return to the White House by pushing for Canada to turn into a U.S. state. Relations between the 2 nations have remained tense, and Trump was particularly indignant after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney obtained a standing ovation for a speech in Davos urging “middle powers” to face as much as the United States.

His newest declare ― that China would someway pressure Canada to cease enjoying one among its two nationwide sports activities ― bought a cold reception on X: