Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman stated Canadians have been dissatisfied and perplexed by President Donald Trump’s resolution to impose tariffs on imports from the nation throughout an interview on Sunday.
“Canadians are perplexed, I think disappointed. We view ourselves as your neighbor, your closest friend, your ally, you know, a country whose citizens have fought and died with you around the world in defense of values that we share, who come to the aid of the Los Angeles fires, most recently, and I think are really perplexed by this move. So I don’t think anybody will need to tell Canadians what to do. I think that they will make their decisions on their own,” she informed ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Trump signed an government order authorizing the tariffs on Saturday, which can go into impact Tuesday, consisting of a 25% extra tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a ten% tariff on imports from China.
Stephanopoulos requested Hillman if the Canadian residents felt betrayed.
Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman informed ABC’s “This Week” that Canadians have been perplexed and dissatisfied by Trump’s tariffs. (Screenshot/ABC/ThisWeek)
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“I think they’re confused. I don’t think they understand where this is coming from. I think they know the degree to which we have made every effort to address the president’s concerns, and so they just don’t understand where this is coming from, and probably there’s a little bit of hurt, right?” she responded.
Hillman stated Canada and the U.S. had individuals who journey forwards and backwards between the 2 nations and touted a partnership between them.
“We have 400,000 to 500,000 people that move back and forth between our two countries every day. Businesses, tourists, students, workers, and there’s a sense of partnership, of family, of being each other’s best, as I say, best customer, best friend. So I think that this is something that we really don’t, the Canadians don’t understand,” Hillman added.
The Canadian ambassador stated that Trump doubtless does worth the U.S. partnership with Canada, and stated “I think that we’re going to have to see where this takes us.”
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Trump stated Friday that he was not anxious about American customers taking successful and stated the tariffs will be certain that different nations deal with the U.S. “fairly.”
“There may be temporary, short-term disruption, and people will understand that,” Trump informed reporters Friday within the Oval Workplace.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the tariffs have been as a result of unlawful fentanyl.
“The president will be implementing tomorrow a 25% tariff on Mexico, 25% tariffs on Canada, and a 10% tariff on China for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans,” Leavitt informed reporters on Friday. “These are promises made and promises kept.”
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Trump’s government order for the tariffs stated, “Gang members, smugglers, human traffickers, and illicit drugs of all kinds have poured across our borders and into our communities.”
“Canada has played a central role in these challenges, including by failing to devote sufficient attention and resources or meaningfully coordinate with United States law enforcement partners to effectively stem the tide of illicit drugs,” the order continued.
