Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cried his poor little heart out about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs during a press conference on Tuesday.
Speaking from Ottawa, he angrily said that he and other Canadians are hurt and dismayed by the tariffs and plan to fight back by boycotting American products, services, sports, etc.
Listen:
TRUDEAU: “We’re going to choose not to go on vacation in Florida. We’re going to forgo bourbon.”
“We’re probably going to keep booing the American anthem.” pic.twitter.com/Zk7j4t4p8u
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 4, 2025
“This is a policy decision by the American government designed to go after the Canadian economy,” he began. “This is a trade war, yes, but Canadians, yeah, Canadians are hurt. Canadians are angry. We’re gonna choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach or wherever. We’re going to choose to try to buy Canadian products and forego bourbon and other classic American products.”
“And yeah, we’re probably gonna keep booing the American anthem, but let me tell Americans we’re not booing you, we’re not booing your teams, we’re not booing your players. We’re booing a policy that is designed to hurt us. And we’re insulted, and we’re angry, but we’re Canadian, which means we’re gonna stand up for each other. We’re gonna fight, and we’re going to win,” he added.
His tough-guy remarks prompted immediate mockery on social media.
Look:
As Jordan Peterson said, Trudeau never advanced beyond the adolescent age of about 14-15. And that is on full display in this video. What an embarrassment for Canada.
— Desuro (@desuroCda) March 4, 2025
As a Veteran from the Canadian Military its just so disgusting distasteful and disrespectful for Canadians to BOO the United States anthem you all should be ashamed of yourself for listening to a little piss ass like Justin
— Mica Strider (@MicaStrider) March 5, 2025
It’s childishly hilarious. Do Canadians not realize why the tariffs were put in place? All we wanted him to do is to control the border. And we would’ve looked the other way on all the tariffs they charge us and have been charging. Crazy
— MoonPieGX 47 (@MoonPieGenX) March 4, 2025
no gratitude for the trillions of dollars total of billions year after year that the people, corporations and government of the USA has given to Canada, which has been squandered on elitist socialist policies, and the rampant drugs and crime pouring in from their border. Idiots!
— The 10X Mind (@The10XMind) March 5, 2025
What a petty, little man child. Truth is we’ve given Canada much more than they’ve given us and it’s time for their government to stop sucking on our tet. Most Canadians hate Tradeau as much as we do and blame him for not looking after Canada and don’t blame Trump for any of this
— LadyPatriot (@Marechtare_) March 5, 2025
Daddy’s home pic.twitter.com/rVRa6ZpIdx
— Mary Phagan (@tadgh_dc) March 4, 2025
During the presser, Trudeau also used an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to suggest Trump is “dumb.”
“I want to speak directly to one specific American, Donald — it’s not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do,” he said.
The Canadian PM also accused his U.S. counterpart of wanting to wreck Canada’s economy so that it has no other choice but to be annexed by America.
“What he [Trump] wants to see is a total collapse of the Canadian economy because that will make it easier to annex us,” Trudeau said. “That is never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.”
“Now it’s not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.” -Trudeau
This disrespect — referring to President Trump by his first name and calling him dumb — will only make… pic.twitter.com/c7Rcbbh3qq
— Billboard Chris (@BillboardChris) March 4, 2025
The good news for Trudeau is that the Trump administration is reportedly already putting together a compromise to resolve the current impasse, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
On Tuesday, Lutnick told Fox Business Network that Trump is now considering lowering the tariffs on Canada (and Mexico) after seeing some proof that they’re doing more to stop the flow of drugs across their borders.
“Both the Canadians and Mexicans were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they’ll do better, so I think [Trump] is going to work something out with them,” he said. “It’s not going to be a pause — none of that pause stuff.”
“But I think he’s going to figure out, ‘you do more, and I’ll meet you in the middle some way.’ And we’re probably going to be announcing that tomorrow. So somewhere in the middle will likely be the outcome,” he added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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