The Star
WASHINGTON—Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump is now pledging to punish "the people of Canada" economically because of the post-G7 news conference in which Trudeau criticized Trump's tariffs.
"That's going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada. He learned. You can't do that. You can't do that," Trump said Tuesday in Singapore after meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Trump repeated the vague threat in an interview with ABC.
"I actually like Justin, you know, I think he's good, I like him, but he shouldn't have done that. That was a mistake. That's going to cost him a lot of money," Trump said.
Trudeau offered a restrained response.
"Obviously we support the continuing efforts by the president on North Korea. We look forward to looking at the details of the agreement. On his comments, as I said, I'm going to stay focused on defending jobs for Canadians and supporting Canadian interests," Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.
This is the first time Trump has threatened to take out his frustration with Trudeau on the Canadian people.
