President Donald Trump made his harshest attack onCanada yet, and all he got for it was social media mockery.
During an Oval Office announcement about the US steel industry on Monday, a reporter asked Trump about the current state of American-Canadian relations amidst his trade war.
At first, Trump claimed that America’s neighbour to the north wants “to have a deal with us,” and said Canadian officials “call us all the time.”
However, Prime Minister Mark Carney has started moving Canada away from its relationship with the US and has even welcomed an invitation to become the EU’s first associate member.
Trump then went scorched-earth on Canada, saying the country has “treated the United States very unfairly,” and “been one of the worst countries in the entire world.”
He also lamented how the US gets along with China, but said “Canada has been really very difficult to deal with, actually, and they’ve charged our farmers 400% tariffs and more. They take advantage of us. They feel entitled.”
When asked how the trade war might end, Trump predicted over the next three or four weeks that Canadian officials were “going to come to us and they’re going to say, ‘We need to get rid of all the tariffs.’”
He added:
“We’re going to win everything. We even haveLake Ontario is now Lake America, and that’s been done, by the way. That actually just got done. They told me it was just completed. But they’re gonna come in and they’re gonna say, ‘Sir, we are sorry.’ They treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made, but it’s gotta be a fair deal.”
Watch Trump’s complete remarks below:
Given Trump’s past comments about wanting to turn Canada into the 51st state and changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America were widely ridiculed, it’s not surprising that his criticism of Canada was also brutally mocked on social media:
Our president just called Canada “one of the worst countries in the entire world.”
Canada.
This is an absurd thing for an American president to say about one of our closest allies.
If he’ll say something this ridiculous with a straight face, why should anyone trust a word that…
Excellent work, fellow Canadians. Keep it up. https://t.co/3vTz9Jq4AP
— Stephen Maher (@stphnmaher) September 28, 2026Despite all of Trump’s bullshit like this, Americans still like Canada a helluva lot more than they like him.https://t.co/rd3nB6f0yyhttps://t.co/l9MHpF6ud6pic.twitter.com/1ZUGakYyPg
— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway3d) September 28, 2026Must be absolutely terrifying having to deal with a country that will not bribe you or bend over for you. https://t.co/pWj302q3to
— grizzy (@Furbeti) September 28, 2026Plenty of horrible things to say about peaceful, democratic Canada, but never a critical word about fascist Russia, even as it absolutely terrorizes the Ukrainian capital daily, leaving the streets littered with bodies. https://t.co/wLtRVT28Jl
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) September 28, 2026Dear Canada: This man is a demented unfit traitorous disgrace who does not represent the attitudes of the American people. https://t.co/lzovCmxhdM
— Andrew—#IAmTheResistance (@AmoneyResists) September 28, 2026Meanwhile, Russia and China literally got red carpet treatment. https://t.co/uVdeGx5Sf5
— WarMonitor (@TheWarMonitor) September 28, 2026Of course he thinks that, they're one of the few countries that refuses to bribe himhttps://t.co/5CbohMZ0sl
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) September 28, 2026Canada, tell him to fuck all the way off. Consider that a diplomatic response. https://t.co/5dJzBAlPjJ
— Giselle💃🇺🇸 (@kgiselle653) September 28, 2026

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