Canadian Lawmaker Hits Back At Trump, Mar-A-Lago's 'Gangster Class' Over Tariff Threats
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Charlie Angus, a member of Canada's Parliament, suggested his country put tariffs on Elon Musk's "douche Panzer" should Trump follow through on his plans.
Canadian lawmaker Charlie Angus on Friday blasted Donald Trump over his tariff threats to the northern nation, declaring that his country won’t let the U.S. president chip away at his country’s “values of decency and inclusion.”
“He’s threatening massive tariffs to try and break us as a people. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk,” said Angus — a member of the left-leaning New Democratic Party who serves in the Canadian Parliament — at a press conference.
“And there is the threat from people in our own country who would sell out our birthright to appease the gangster class from Mar-a-Lago. That is not going to happen.”
Angus has previously told Trump to “piss off” over his “juvenile” threats to his country and slammed “loser” Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary for snuggling up to the U.S. president in an attempt to broker a deal to create an “economic union” between the two nations.
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump would put 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico — as well as 10% tariffs on goods arriving from China — effective Saturday.