Doug Ford ‘got carried away’ trading insults with Donald Trump, promises ‘different approach’
'I think it’d be more productive if the prime minister and the president sit down and have a fair deal for everyone,' the Ontario premier said Tuesday
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has said he "got carried away" in a public exchange of insults with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders have been at odds over trade, with Canada imposing tariffs on US imports worth around $28 billion in response to Trump's latest wave of tariffs.
Ford told CNN that "things got a little heated, it got a little personal" and that it's time to "lower the temperature". He described Trump's threat to rename a Canadian lake as "a lot of rhetoric".
Ford has promised a "different approach" going forward, suggesting that the Canadian Prime Minister and Trump should "sit down and have a fair deal for everyone".
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- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says "we just want a fair trade deal" as Canada announces tariffs on U.S. cbsnews.com
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford admits ‘it got a little heated’ with President Donald Trump globalnews.ca
- Trump trades wild insults with Canada’s Doug Ford financialpost.com
- Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America during Canada trade war aljazeera.com
