“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” Trump said in his Truth Social post. “That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!”
Trump has threatened to impose a 35% tariff on Canada if no deal is reached by Friday, when he’s said he will levy tariffs against goods from dozens of countries if they don’t reach agreements with the U.S.
A spokesperson for Carney declined comment.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said later that Trump "expressed his displeasure and his disagreement with the leaders of France, the United Kingdom and Canada." He feels as though that’s rewarding Hamas at a time where Hamas is the true impediment to a ceasefire and to the release of all of the hostages."
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the leaders of the UK and France in calling for a Palestinian state. They blame Israel for the deaths in Gaza that have been mounting in the wake of the Hamas terrorist massacre of more than 1200 Israeli men, women and children in October of 2023..
