{"id":916570,"date":"2026-10-01T12:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916570\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:34:12","slug":"trade-war-trump-says-canada-being-taught-a-little-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916570\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade war: Trump says Canada being &#8216;taught a little lesson&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Canada, accusing it of taking advantage of the U.S. for many years under &#8216;stupid leadership&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump continued to rant about Canada during a White House event on Wednesday, where he accused the country of taking advantage of \u201cstupid leadership for many, many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Speaking at an event marking U.S. Hispanic Heritage Month, Trump said the United States was \u201cso stupidly run\u201d because automakers moved plants to other countries, including Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCanada has taken advantage of us for so many years, the worst of any country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI love the Canadian people, but the leaders have taken advantage of our stupid leadership for many, many years. They felt emboldened.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The U.S. president added that he has \u201cso many friends\u201d from north of the border, name-dropping Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky before he continued to berate Canada. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey act like they\u2019re totally innocent. They\u2019re not. They were very bad. But now they\u2019re being taught a little lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790858052_104_RKVKGZF47JHXHGAEJU4CHFUC24.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Donald Trump Canada U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an East Room event at the White House celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s latest criticisms of Canada come amid the escalating trade war between the two countries. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/trumps-tariffs\/article\/pm-carney-says-he-has-no-plans-to-apply-further-trade-pressure-as-us-midterms-approach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. import tariffs on certain Canadian goods<\/a>, including most booze, dairy byproducts and some motorcycles, went into effect Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump said Monday that he thinks he can secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/trumps-tariffs\/article\/trump-says-he-expects-canada-trade-deal-within-weeks-as-import-ban-looms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trade agreement with Canada<\/a> within weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re gonna come in and they\u2019re gonna say, \u2018Sir, we are sorry,\u201d\u2019 he told reporters at the White House. \u201cThey\u2019ve treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made but it\u2019s gonna be fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When asked on Tuesday about Trump\u2019s comments, Prime Minister Mark Carney laughed and said he wouldn\u2019t respond but would take note of the remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt continues to be the case that Canada stands ready to negotiate in good faith,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/trumps-tariffs\/article\/pm-carney-says-he-has-no-plans-to-apply-further-trade-pressure-as-us-midterms-approach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carney told reporters<\/a> at a news conference in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Canada, accusing it of taking advantage of the U.S. for many years under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-916570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}