President Trump stood by his biting attack on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying Tuesday in Singapore that Trudeau is “going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada.”
Trump first tore into Trudeau Saturday for his alleged duplicity after Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs shortly after Trump left the G-7 summit in Canada.
“Justin probably didn’t know Air Force One has about 20 televisions,” Trump told journalists in Singapore at a solo press conference after a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I see the television and he’s giving a news conference about how he will not be pushed around by the United States. Push him around? We just shook hands. It was very friendly,” Trump said.
“I have a good relationship with Justin Trudeau, I really did,” he added. “Other than he had a news conference that he had because he assumed I was in an airplane and I wasn’t watching. He learned. That’s going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada, He learned. You can’t do that, you can’t do that.”
Trump allowed steel and aluminum tariffs to take effect against Canada, Mexico, and the European Union on June 1.
In his initial attack on Trudeau, Trump tweeted: “PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, ‘US Tariffs were kind of insulting’ and he ‘will not be pushed around.’ Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!”
