A Canadian official’s response to President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff proposal “struck” commentator Tammy Bruce as “very strange.”
“I don’t call many things racist right out of the gate…”
(Video: Fox News)
Since his Election Night victory, Trump hasn’t wasted time to hit the ground running come his inauguration as he rapidly announced staffing selections and spoke with world leaders about expectations. This included a warning to both Mexico and Canada about a potential 25% tariff; a comparison Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford had found “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard…”
“Particularly, what struck me — I don’t call many things racist out of the gate — but to complain about being compared to an ancient, great civilization is very strange,” Bruce said on Friday’s edition of Fox News’s “Outnumbered.”
“It is an ancient people combined with the people of Spain — the history of that, hundreds of years — the impact in southern and northern America is remarkable,” added the contributor. “And to get upset because you’re compared to Mexico is disgusting.”
According to the Associated Press, Ford had bristled at Trump lumping Canada together with Mexico with his promise of tariffs over the lack of security at the borders and said, “To compare us to Mexico is the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard from our friends and closest allies, the United States of America.”
“I found his comments unfair. I found them insulting. It’s like a family member stabbing you right in the heart,” added the premier.
Ford had also contended, “A 25 per cent tariff would be devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the U.S. The federal government needs to take the situation at our border seriously. We need a Team Canada approach and response–and we need it now. Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau must call an urgent meeting will all premiers.”
A 25 per cent tariff would be devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the U.S.
The federal government needs to take the situation at our border seriously. We need a Team Canada approach and response—and we need it now. Prime Minister Trudeau must call an urgent…
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) November 26, 2024
Meanwhile, after quickly calling Trump within hours of the tariff stance, Trudeau had further prostrated himself to the president-elect Friday when he made an appearance at Mar-a-Lago for a dinner with the GOP leader to discuss, among other topics, trade, fentanyl, and the border crisis.
As for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump which included blame for the United States over problems south of the border, Bruce said, “She’s a new president, right? She’s got to placate people at home. She did not run as a conservative, and she understands, like Canada does, that it’s the nation’s economy, it’s this nation’s production value and possibilities that make this continent run.”
“So, they’ve got to seem tough for their people, but Mexico’s in chaos right now with the flood that comes through. They allow them to come through at the southern border. She can stop it there because it affects Mexico as well. And, she knows that they can stop it at this border,” argued the commentator. “There’s no negotiating room for Mexico, especially what’s coming in through China, the fentanyl coming up through the northern border. So, she knows what she has to do, Trump will make sure about it.”
Bruce added for the neighbors to the north, “Canada understands what’s happening, so they better put on their big boy pants and deal with real grownups at this point.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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