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We need to protect Americans, and it is my duty as president to ensure the safety of all. I made a promise on my campaign to stop the flood of illegal aliens and drugs from pouring across our borders, and Americans overwhelmingly voted in favor of it."
Trump previously wrote on his Truth Social platform I'm sure many of you are anxious, but I want you to know we are all in this together. The Canadian government, Canadian businesses, Canadian organized labor, Canadian civil society, Canada's premiers, and tens of millions of Canadians from coast to coast to coast are aligned and united."
Canada has responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on America, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling his citizens in a speech on Saturday I love the people of Canada. I disagree with the leadership of Canada and something is going to happen there."
Canadians are perplexed, I think disappointed. We view ourselves as your neighbor, your closest friend, your ally, you know, a country whose citizens have fought and died with you around the world in defense of values that we share, who come to the aid of the Los Angeles fires, most recently, and I think are really perplexed by this move. So I don’t think anybody will need to tell Canadians what to do. I think that they will make their decisions on their own,
she told ABC's George Stephanopoulos We have 400,000 to 500,000 people that move back and forth between our two countries every day. Businesses, tourists, students, workers, and there’s a sense of partnership, of family, of being each other’s best, as I say, best customer, best friend. So I think that this is something that we really don’t, the Canadians don’t understand,
The president will be implementing tomorrow a 25% tariff on Mexico, 25% tariffs on Canada, and a 10% tariff on China for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans,
Leavitt told reporters on Friday I think they’re confused. I don’t think they understand where this is coming from. I think they know the degree to which we have made every effort to address the president’s concerns, and so they just don’t understand where this is coming from, and probably there’s a little bit of hurt, right?"
There may be temporary, short-term disruption, and people will understand that,
Trump told reporters Friday in the Oval Office Canada has played a central role in these challenges, including by failing to devote sufficient attention and resources or meaningfully coordinate with United States law enforcement partners to effectively stem the tide of illicit drugs,
Gang members, smugglers, human traffickers, and illicit drugs of all kinds have poured across our borders and into our communities."
Trump's executive order for the tariffs said Canadians are perplexed, I think disappointed,
Hillman told ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos I think the Canadian people are going to expect that our government stands firm and stands up for itself,
Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said in an interview on the broadcast network Our message is this is not something that Canada wants to do, this is not a path that we are interested in going down,
Trump thinks we are a pushover, but he doesn't know Canadians. We will always stand up for our country and we will get stronger together.”
I would throw as much heat on Elon Musk as possible because he’s a deplorable, disgraceful human being,
He’s threatening massive tariffs to try and break us as a people. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk,
said Angus — a member of the left-leaning New Democratic Party who serves in the Canadian Parliament — at a press conference And we cannot turn away from our historic role of being a humanitarian friend fort those suffering in this world,
These are promises made and promises kept by the president,
she said of the move that experts warn could cause prices to climb on a “very, very long” list of products
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