U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada wants to reach a deal with the United States “very badly” and suggested an agreement could come “fairly soon” if Ottawa addresses his concerns about agricultural trade.
Trump made the comments Saturday in Ireland, where he was asked whether he was considering withdrawing from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
“No, we’re doing great. We’re gonna have a great relationship with Mexico,” Trump said.
He then turned his attention to Canada, saying the two countries have a good relationship while repeating his criticism of the trading relationship.
“We actually have a good one with Canada, but the United States has been ripped off for 50 years by Canada,” Trump said.
“We don’t need their product and they need our product. They do all of their business almost with us and we do very little with them.”
The Office of the United States Trade Representative says Canada is consistently one of the top trading partners for the U.S.
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Trump said Canada “wants to make a deal very badly,” but suggested he does not believe Ottawa is ready yet.
The U.S. president then compared Canada’s desire to reach a deal with those of Iran.
“I hope Canada appreciates being in the same sentence with Iran,” Trump said. “It’s very interesting — Canada and Iran.”
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“Canada wants to make a deal and Iran wants to make a deal. At the right time, both of those things could happen.”
Trump said agricultural trade remains among his concerns, repeating his criticism of Canadian tariffs on some U.S. agricultural products.
“Canada has to treat our farmers better and they can’t charge our farmers tariffs,” he said.
“When those things go away, and they’re willing to get rid of all of them, you’ll probably see a deal with Canada fairly soon.”
Trump’s comments came during a weekend visit to Ireland, where he also weighed in on the politically sensitive question of Irish reunification.
Speaking alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, Trump said he would “love to see” the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland unified.
“I don’t want to cause any problems, but I’d love to see it unified,” Trump said. “It’s going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now.”
– With files from The Canadian Press and Reuters
@math flunky: Your kindergaarden arithmetic is wrong.
Let’s do a little bit of simple math to show Canadians how 50% tariffs play out on $1000 worth of imports both ways…
Canada imports $1000 that costs $1400 with the exchange and pays $700 tariffs for a total of $2100 cad.
USA imports $1000 of Canadian goods that costs $700 with exchange and $350 tariffs totaling $1050 usd.
And some how we think we will win by paying twice as much.
As he’s an inveterate liar, believing what he says is filled with skepticism. Doubt if Carney is desperate, more prepared and waiting to continue talks once the trolling and rhetoric stops, and maturity returns.
“Look at me…I’m the king of the world! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
DJT
We do not bow to pedophiles.
Anonymous the village idiot…what nick name do you prefer? Pillock, Div, or Prat
Mr. Trump is wrong. As a loyal Canadian I want nothing to do with his regime. There is something hauntingly familiar with events in Germany in 1937 or so before the war. This man needs to be avoided, rejected in whole. The men and women who support him, especially the elected officials bear careful scrutiny as well.
No Mr. Trump Canadians en mass are rejecting your “offers”. Goodbye.
Canadians have already forgotten about that thing Carney told the premiers
“put it on me, blame me” a couple of weeks ago when Carney was scrambling to get that “great deal” done.
Now the news has convinced Canadians that they don’t want Carney to keep his main election promise.
No we don’t.
Only Donald Trump places Canada and Iran in the same sentence. It gets harder and harder to differentiate between the American public and its offensive Trump Administration – the public and Trump’s political opponents do not push back on Trump’s falsehoods. A sad reflection on the entire nation …
Dementia Donnie is starting his TACO phase. Love it. Too bad all the damage he is causing will take a along time to clean up.
What a liar. And a vile disgusting human being.
Pay no attention to the clown with the orange face
I would like to inform DT that Danielle Smith does not represent Canada
he is delusional and ignorant about Canada wanting a deal or treating his farmers badly…. check the facts… and quotas in existing trade deal
Anonymous the village idiots spreads his 2 cents…what a Prat
what a brainless reporting: repeating Orange without saying a word about Canada’s position. US has been ripping us off for 50 years buying our oil at 20% discount and selling to the world.
I think that Trumps human printer should have an influx of Canadian response plus a fact check on the reality of a trade war with Can
It’s clear TRUMP means both Canada and Iran will have to BEG for a deal. Get your kneepads on Canucks… Lol!
Funny how Mexico is barreling towards a trade deal. Canada with our internationally renowned banker is still hiding under his bed instead of being at the negotiating table hammering Trump for a deal. Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state maybe we should join Mexico that has an effective leader?
zzz……zzz
a deal with who?
not orange fatso.
What a gibbering imbecile the president is.
Not happening, fat boy. We really don’t want to make a deal with you. When you’re impeached or killed, we’ll come to the table.
@Frustrated
yep….Trumps Devoted Simpletons…..
Just leave this earth already and make everyone happy.
Just die already and do the entire world a favour.
No one wants to make a deal with Canada and Iran as badly as Donald Trump as his war with Iran and tarrifs with everyone else is about to make him a lame duck president come November.
The felon and con artist promised Americans apple pie and served them lemons instead.
And bring the felon that he is, he’s now promising $5000 cheques for every adult if Republicans win both the house and senate in November.
But I’m sure Americans still remember his promises for a DOGE as well as a Tariff dividend cheques that never happened!
Canada wants to make a dealvery badly?!🤣🤣🤣 Like Iran wants to make a deal?!🤣🤣🤣 He’s been spinning that lie (Iran) for literally months; everytime he tells that lie, Iran ALWAYS says it’s not true. Trump is pathetic.
Turn off the electricity to Washington State. Blow up the dams on the Columbia River. Put them in the dark. My favorite fantasy.
Yes, same as Iran wanted, “a deal very badly “ according to Trumpie months ago, hasn’t happened yet. Yes, bigly and badly.
Stick your deal up your butt Trump. F*CK THE USA!
No. We don’t.
TRUMP is toying with Carnival like a cat with a mouse. So sad…
@I can’t stand it …you’re an idiot, and should probably find a bridge to either jump off, or live under. Preferably the former.
Trump is infinitely times insane, that’s why I worship him
Shut your mouth Donald, enough with you.
“Canada wants to make a deal and Iran wants to make a deal. At the right time, both of those things could happen.”
At the right time, like in 2 years? Hopefully sooner.
WiserBud
Boy donnie says a lot of things..most are complete nonsense or already debunked..
There is something really mentally wrong with Trump.
Basically Canada is stabbing Trump (USA) in the back and we import a bunch of terrorists, so yeah, Iran and Canada have ties and we are treating USA like terrorist enemy instead of ally. Canada is gheyy.
@anonymous. You’re saying i stayed? I have a good skill set. Like so many the money in the US meant a 40% raise and a 20% tax reduction instantly. Poof. There goes your sanctimonious stance on Canada. A failed country where only 2 provinces have a clue. Neither of which are the parasites making up the majority populations.
Neil D. as if you have any say in anything, a bug has the same power as you . you go down with Carneys sinking ship
and yet carney gives Ukraine another 2.5 billion and a 100 year contract for support,, you people that support this loser need to get your heads examined for any sign of possible brain activity
Under the liberals Canada’s national debt is a whopping 1.4 TRILLION
Record high homelessness, drug addiction and record high foodbank visits.
Uncontrolled mass immigration, weakest g7 military and only g20 nation in a recession…..
Quick, blame trump 🤡
Every time he opens that asymmetrical hole in his face he says something giggle worthy. It’s notable that anyone who dismisses his words as the rantings and ravings of a lunatic are diagnosed as having TDS when the reality is those who support this orange orangutan are as equally as deranged as he is, therefore the accusation is merely projection. I anxiously await to hear what he has to say about 40 years from now.
Lots of people on here with TDS. Too bad they don’t have a vaccine for that desease .
Hey Groovy
Where did you run away to
I am still waiting
You can even wear your biggest pair of boots and pick the curb you want to use
“I hope Canada appreciates being in the same sentence with Iran,” Trump said. “It’s very interesting — Canada and Iran.”
Man doesn’t know how to keep is mouth shut.Embarrassment to his country King of Foul
Canada made a deal with President Trump’s first administration. It changed NAFTA into CUSMA. When the Trump administration levied tariffs against Canada, it breached the terms of the agreement. Canadians are in no rush to see the government spend more time negotiating with someone who signs trade deals in pencil.
Lol, nope, don’t think we are in any hurry to make an agreement with a Turd!
Hey Statepropaganda, sit down before you hurt yourself dumba$$
These comments show me how,DRUNK!!! Canadians are on their own SELF RIGHTEOUS DELUSIONS!!With a despicable Superiority COMPLEX!!!….Gross!!!
GetYourFilthyMittsOffAB Alberta is going nowhere. Feel free to leave. I’ll help you pack.
No we don’t.
He really has no grasp on reality does he?
Like everything else Trump says and does, we can read this one in reverse: “Donald Trump wants very badly to make a deal.”
Sure, bud, and the Iran war ended at least 50 times. Donnie is the king of low IQ white inbred trash
…another great example of the problem here: trump IS a chronic LIAR. Not an opinion, but a proven fact. Not debatable. Maga and the zealots think it’s all okay because trump told them he was a xtian. With his lying and all his lackies following suit, ALL credibility is gone. Stay in school kids.
We should block all cars made in the USA.
That will get their attention!
The only thing Canadians want to see is the end of you, President Poopy Pants.
Your so full of yourself. You have no idea about Canadians. Canada will move on with or without you.
Dilusional
I think its Trump that needs a deal “badly “
Hes friggin delusional
Trump says a lot of things…99.9% are lies, the other 0.01% are mistruths.
Hey David Trumaine: enjoy poverty. AB won’t use O&G because AB owes nothing to Canada. You can pay the billions and billion and billions and billions and billions and billions you’ve siphoned off over the years. ON and QC are nothing but parasites
Not sure what is going on with Carney and his absolutely total absence of transparency to the voters he’a accountable to. But it was supposed to be the reason he was elected. Not so he could fly around eating expensive meals like some kind of billionaire oligarch
Groovy ardfart, toothpicks for arms and legs, your mom shat you out
Groovy
I am not Russian or a Magat
I am a Canadian
Come give it a try
I will be waiting
He also said that Iran wants to make a deal very badly, and that he ended wars 🤣🤣🤣
Iran isn’t going capitulate to Trump and neither will we…he has all the symptoms of dementia, revealed by his complete fabrications about his role in 9/11…
Trump still fails to understand who actually pays the tariffs,he just tries to bully everyone hopefully after the midterms he will be gone
Trump has no idea how badly how much he needs to deal with Canada. Only Danielle Smith is the only Premier not willing to place an export tax on crude oil being sent to the US. Smart money, would be to place these export taxes on the fuels and minerals being sent south. Take advantage of what Trump says he doesn’t want. He and Lutnick started this economy takeover, with the intention of ruining the Canadian economy. If not for Carney not bending to Trump & his administrations demands, Canada would not have the advantage of not relying souly on trade with the USA. Only country dying to make a deal on their terms are in Trumps camp. Canadian strong and free.
Trump is a criminal, period. A vile, pathetic, lying, dried up piece of excrement.The media needs to quit giving him the attention he so craves. A deal is only in his delusional little empty space, he calls his mind with the rest of the so called deals.
I can wait.
Why does Trump tell lies all over the world. He tried to Annex Greenland and Canada now trying to make like we are both sucking up to him. Not true, we want a fair deal not a drifting game pulled on us. Go Mr. Carney go.
They don’t need us for anything. Let’s make it so. No electricity, no water,no minerals,no potash, no oil or coal.
Whats wrong with this idiot Canada is in no Rush to give canada to that Losser Seriously America dont listen to Trump ! He is Absulootly off his Rocker.
Trump says Canada wants to make a deal very badly…no wait, Trump says Iran wants to make a deal very badly…no wait, Trump says Mexico wants to make a deal very badly…no wait, the only person making deals very badly or just very bad deals, is Trump. Think about it 🤔.
Tell him to go poop in his hat!!!
@Dave
No one is running, MAGAt. But you and the rest of the Russian trolls should come visit Canada real soon so we can teach you how curbstomping works. In the meantime, you really should stop supporting pedophiles, no matter how tough that will be for you.
No we don’t. Trump is obviously seriously mentally ill, and declining fast. Someone really needs to put him out of his misery.
Is this like Iran wanted a deal very badly?!
Trump needs lots of prayers.The sad thing is there are some in America that believes everything he says. It’s time we separate ourselves completely from doing trade with this administration. There are many other countries that we can trade with.
Don’t believe anything that Trump just said in the clip. He’s a continuous liar.
So why do you share this bulkshit. We know that is and there are alot more important things going on I need the world.
Said same about Iran too.
What a loser.
Only thing Canada wants from you is your obituary
No we don’t. From a proud Canadian
dementia donnie and his imagination
If Trump thinks he gets along so well with Canada, then why is he being so insulting. One does not insult one’s friends.
Canada, like Iran is in no hurry to cave in to Trump. Iran is willing to wait until Trump is forced out of office in 2 years. Canada has told him that until he quits being so insulting and is ready to get back to discussing free trade, Canada is quite happy to wait him out also. The US needs Canada, Canadians can source what it gets from the US elsewhere. It makes sense for us to start processing all our oil. It does not make sense to make a deal with someone who continually breaks agreements.
Step 1, tell Google to put the proper names on Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico. Address our leader as Prime Minister, not Governor.
otherwise SHUT UP! Let the people who understand business work out the new agreement.
What a delusional waste of skin is tRump.
Its very telling that all the Carney supporters hide like pathetic little cowards while running off at the mouth like a toddler
Run along home to your mommy troll
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Move on, Dave. Pp has you starving for attention. Wake up and smell the 80s. Pp will never be our leader. Sheep only follow.
Now that the by- elections are over Carney wants to get back to enriching Brookfield