Canadian lawmaker Charlie Angus knocked Donald Trump on Friday after the U.S. president threatened to escalate his commerce conflict with the nation ought to it work with the European Union to trigger “economic harm” to America.
Angus, when requested by Ben Meiselas of the MeidasTouch Network if Trump is “scared” by how Canada and the EU have responded to his plans of additional tariffs, noticed “one thing deeper” brewing in America that Canadians are centered on: “watching our nearest neighbor slip into totalitarianism.”
“After we see folks being pulled off the streets, after we see folks at universities being grabbed, detained, rendered and kidnapped, and after we see Kristi Noem doing this really disgusting video in entrance of half-naked males in an overcrowded El Salvadoran jail cell,” Angus mentioned.
“We’re a nation that we don’t perceive anymore and we don’t need to be like that nation and we’re considering, ‘If we go down the street with this regime, we’re speaking concerning the disappearance of the rule of regulation.’”
Angus, a fierce critic of the U.S. president, argued that if America can’t respect the “rule of regulation” of its residents then how may folks count on the nation to respect worldwide regulation.
“And it actually doesn’t respect us as Canada,”Angus mentioned.
“So we’ve no alternative, we’ve to make choices and we’re going to make choices that profit our area and our folks first.”
The feedback by Angus — a member of the Canadian Parliament with the left-leaning New Democratic Party — arrive after Trump unveiled plans to place 25% tariffs on auto imports that may go into impact on April 3, simply at some point after he seems to be to announce plans for “reciprocal” tariffs on international international locations.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referred to Trump’s auto imports plan as a “very direct attack” on his nation, declaring that the “previous relationship” Canada had with America has now ceased to exist.
On Friday, Trump took to Truth Social the place he revealed that he had an “extraordinarily productive name” with Carney, including that the 2 look to satisfy “instantly” after Canada’s federal election subsequent month.
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