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Canadian official mocks ‘idiotic’ Trump and Rubio: We’re bringing U.S. tourism to its knees
Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states.
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and repeated comments that Canada should become the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, and many are boycotting American goods in response.
And while Canadian officials have called the possible annexation of its country “absurd,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the president during a recent trip to Canada and referred to the back-and-forth as “a difference of opinions.”
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus called the whole thing “idiotic,” saying in a new interview that Canada’s boycott of American goods and people choosing not to travel to the U.S. will end up costing American jobs:
Well, I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school because when you say that someone doesn’t have a right to have a country, that’s an act of war. When you rip up, arbitrarily, trade agreements and threaten and say you’re going to break a country, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.
The boycott that Canada has launched against the United States is punishing. We were told in January a 10% drop in Canadian travel to the United States would cost 140,000 jobs. We’re seeing at least a 40% drop now, and we’re hearing these nightmare stories about ICE detention centers, of people traveling across the border to fix their visas or that, being strip-searched, chained, (and) kept in deplorable conditions. Is Donald Trump really trying to destroy the tourism industry in the United States?
What we’re picking up now is that the rest of the world is watching Canada and following our strategy, which is to just disengage economically. … If people aren’t buying products, if people aren’t traveling, if people aren’t willing to buy anything American right now, that’s hurting so many American businesses, who are basically collateral damage in Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, and JD Vance’s idiotic campaign to please the MAGA voters. It’s hurting us, to some degree, but it’s, right now, we think the impact on the average American business … they’re getting punched in the face right now because of what Donald Trump’s doing.
Trump announced earlier this month he’d effectively plaster 25% taxes — tariffs — on all steel and aluminum imports from Canada and that the U.S. would double the forthcoming levy on the two metals to 50% if they come from Canada. But he pulled back on the threat by the afternoon after the province of Ontario suspended its plans for retaliatory tariffs.
Trump was originally punching back at the government of Ontario for imposing a 25% surcharge on electricity sold to the United States, a move that was itself a response to Trump’s tariff threats. After Trump said he’d hit the Canadians with a 50% metals tax, Ontario suspended its planned electricity surcharge. In response, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the U.S. would pull back on doubling the tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.
The tariffs will likely drive up costs for American companies that use the metals, such as automakers, construction firms and beverage makers that use cans. The threats to the economy have rattled stock markets.
Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs quickly drew retaliation. The European Union imposed new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products. The EU measures will cover U.S. imports worth around $28 billion (26 billion euros) and include not only steel and aluminum but textile, home appliances and farm products. Motorcycles, bourbon, peanut butter and jeans will also be hit.
Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day.