Ontario Premier Doug Ford unleashed a verbal attack on President Donald Trump, calling him a “dictator” and “the king of bankruptcies” after the United States imposed a 50 percent tariff on a range of Canadian goods. At a press conference Monday, Ford was asked about a Truth Social post by Trump from earlier that day. In the post, the president dismissed Ford as a blustering “flunky” and reaffirmed his tariff strategy, declaring that the U.S. had been “carrying Canada for decades, but no longer!” “I don't respond to a dictator like President Trump, a bully like President Trump,” Ford replied.
He urged Americans to vote against the president’s allies in the upcoming midterm elections. The levies are expected to affect a broad range of products, including hockey sticks, wine, honey, agricultural goods, clothing and cameras. Washington and Ottawa each blamed the other for the breakdown in talks.
On Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney likened Trump’s actions to an act of armed aggression. We got attacked,” he said. Carney said his government would match the U.S. tariffs “dollar for dollar” with retaliatory levies set to take effect September 8.
On Monday, Trump announced yet another round of tariffs targeting Canada, one of America’s largest trading partners and its longtime ally. President Trump’s tariffs are collected from U.S. importers, the American companies that bring foreign products into the country. Those firms can opt to pass that cost increase on to consumers through higher prices.
A January study concluded that American consumers had paid for “nearly all” of Trump’s tariffs. According to a Pew Research Center survey released in February, a majority of Americans, 60 percent, disapprove of Trump’s substantial tariff increases, while 37 percent approve of them. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
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