The extraordinary warning about Trump's threat to Canadian sovereignty came as the US president delivered on his vow to impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods.
During a fiery speech in the Canadian capital, Trudeau addressed Trump directly, saying that while he thinks Trump is a “smart guy,“ the tariffs are a “very dumb thing to do.”
Trudeau has maintained that Canada is not a significant contributor to either problem in the United States, and on Tuesday called Trump's fentanyl justification “completely false.”
“The United States launched a trade war against Canada,“ Trudeau said.
As part of its response to the US levies, Canada will initiate dispute cases at the World Trade Organization and through the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement negotiated during Trump's first term, Trudeau said.
“We don’t want this,“ Trudeau said.
'Appeasing Putin'
He has said he will step down as prime minister when the party's new leader is chosen.
Canada has pushed through a costly new border security plan and named a fentanyl czar to lead the effort against the drug.
The Canadian leader began his speech by noting that while the United States was waging economic war on its “closest ally,“ Trump is “talking about working positively with Russia (and) appeasing Vladimir Putin.”
Trudeau and other Canadian officials affirmed their support for Ukraine last week after the stunning Oval Office spat between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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