Breitbart
President Donald J. Trump issued a direct warning to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a newly released letter, threatening a 35 percent tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1, citing what he describes as Canada’s role in fueling America’s fentanyl crisis and longstanding trade imbalances.
The letter, posted on Truth Social, outlines Trump’s objections to Canada’s trade actions and its role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis. He criticized Canada’s retaliatory tariffs and asserted that Canadian inaction on fentanyl justified U.S. tariffs. “The United States imposed Tariffs on Canada to deal with our Nation’s Fentanyl crisis, which is caused, in part, by Canada’s failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our Country,” he wrote.
Instead of cooperating, Trump said, Canada responded with its own tariffs, prompting his administration’s escalation.
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