Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney complained on Tuesday that the Trump administration is not taking his concerns seriously and said he will not be willing to negotiate a new trade deal until “the Americans stop doing memes.”
\n\nCarney grumbled that the social media humor directed at Canada by administration officials was “beneath their office” and “not constructive.”
\n\nCarney said there is a “positive opportunity that has always existed with the United States for a mutually beneficial trade deal that respects Canadian sovereignty.”
\n\n“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions,” he said.
\n\nPresident Donald Trump and some of his top officials have been mocking Carney and his government in a variety of ways since trade talks collapsed last week – and Carney gave them plenty to work with, beginning with his hyperbolic declaration that Canada was now “at war” with the United States.
\n\n“It’s very unfortunate that Prime Minister Carney has turned this into a political shouting match. I mean, we’re not at war with Canada. How are we going to be at war with Canada? What, they’re going to take…
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