Donald Trump gave himself a new namesake on his Truth Social platform, but just three minutes later he backtracked over a country’s pledge to recognize Palestine as a state
President Donald Trump declared he was a dealmaker on Truth Social today before immediately contradicting himself by saying he would find it hard to make a trade tariff deal with Canada.
Thursday morning saw Trump share an image of himself with a fist in the air that had the words “Donald Trump dealmaker in-chief” emblazoned across it. Then, just three minutes later, he wrote in another post that it will be “very hard” to make a trade deal with Canada in light of its Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
Trump’s trade threat comes a day before higher tariffs are slapped on countries without a US trade deal. Canada is set to face a 35% tariffs on most goods it sells to the US from Friday, if a deal is not reached today. It comes as Trump makes ‘disturbing remarks’ about his 1-year-old daughter in resurfaced clip.
On the trade deals, Trump wrote, “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!”
Canada’s move to recognize a Palestinian state comes after UK and France made similar announcements. Their pledge comes as a hunger in Gaza continues. On Wednesday, the Hamas-run health ministry reported seven more deaths from malnutrition.
Earlier this week, Trump said there was “real starvation” in Gaza. He also told how he was working with Israel to “get things straightened out”..
Earlier this month, Trump posted an angry letter to Carney on Truth Social, in which he accused him of having “financially retaliated against the United States.” Canada, the second-largest trading partner of the U.S. behind Mexico, failed to deal adequately with fentanyl crossing into the northern U.S. border, Trump claimed, “Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its own Tariffs.”
Fentanyl seizures by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Canada-U.S. border reportedly representing less than 0.1% of U.S. fentanyl seizures between 2022 and 2024.
Carney responded to Trump’s post on X, saying that he would continue his country’s commitment to cooperating with Washington, including battling the fentanyl crisis.
“Throughout the current trade negotiations with the United States, the Canadian government has steadfastly defended our workers and businesses,” Carney wrote on X in reply to Trump. “We will continue to do so as we work towards the revised deadline of August 1. Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of fentanyl in North America.”
“We are building Canada strong,” he continued. “The federal government, provinces and territories are making significant progress in building one Canadian economy. We are poised to build a series of major new projects in the national interest. We are strengthening our trading partnerships throughout the world.”
It comes after a Trump family member revealed his body is “rotting inside” as she delivered a terrifying update on the president’s health.
As the U.S.A. insults and abuses one former friend after another, we are slowly being left behind as the rest of the world moves on, asking, “Is the U.S.A. really necessary?”
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