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Ford and Trump exchange insults as bad blood from trade war spills over
Ford said Ontario could cut electricity to U.S. states as Canada prepares dollar-for-dollar retaliation after talks collapsed and tariffs hit $20 billion in exports.
Summary
During a radio interview on Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told U.S. President Donald Trump to “kiss [his] ass.” Trump, in one of his meandering Truth Social posts, later called Ford a “flunky” and compared him unfavourably to his deceased brother and former Toronto mayor, Rob Ford. The blistering war of words is a testament to the bad blood that’s brewing after Prime Minister Mark Carney chose to walk away from trade talks with Trump’s team, who the PM accused of adding last minute changes that made the proposed deal untenable