Canada's Carney tells Trump administration to 'stop doing memes' amid trade dispute
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged the Trump administration to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough,” saying trade talks between the two countries could resume if Washington returned to serious negotiations
“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions,” Carney said, according to the Associated Press. “It’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy.”
U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed on Aug. 21. The United States subsequently imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods, while retaliatory Canadian tariffs on nearly $20 billion in U.S. products are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 8.
Carney said Washington had sought terms that could leave some Canadian industries effectively controlled by U.S. companies or “gradually wound down in Canada and wiped out.”
His remarks followed a series of public jabs from the Trump administration. Trump has repeatedly suggested making Canada the 51st U.S. state and recently moved to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” while other senior U.S. officials have mocked Canada on social media.
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