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Ford predicts Carney will have ‘better’ relationship with Trump than Trudeau did

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As the trade war between Canada and the U.S. escalates, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he believes prime minister-designate Mark Carney will have a “better relationship” with U.S. President Donald Trump than Justin Trudeau.

“It’s going to be a better relationship than with Prime Minister Trudeau, and no disrespect to Prime Minister Trudeau,” Ford said to reporters on Wednesday afternoon.

“I can tell you one thing. Mark Carney’s an extremely astute business mind. He understands numbers, and so does President Trump and (U.S. Commerce) Secretary Lutnick.”

Carney won the Liberal leadership on Sunday but has yet to be officially sworn in as prime minister.

During Trump’s first term in office, he and Trudeau clashed over trade and tariffs while the North American Free Trade Agreement was being renegotiated. And since Trump’s latest election win in November, he has repeatedly threatened to annex Canada and spoken disparagingly of Trudeau, often referring to him as “governor.”

Asked by reporters at Queen’s Park why he thinks Carney “can smooth things with Trump,” Ford said “they both come from the same financial sectors.”

Ford and Carney had breakfast in Etobicoke, Ont. on Wednesday morning, during which Trump and his tariff threats were discussed.

In a post on X, Carney spoke about the meeting, writing: “We’ve got a big fight ahead of us, and we’ll be working together every step of the way. We’re strongest when we’re united.”

 

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