Trump continued his spat with Canada after his abrupt after-the-fact withdrawal from G7 statement. He called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “very dishonest and weak” earlier. And he went further twitting today:
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Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said yesterday that “Canada does not conduct its diplomacy through ad hominem attacks … and we refrain particularly from ad hominem attacks when it comes to a close ally.” And she reiterated that the retaliation to US steel tariffs is on the way in measured and reciprocal way.
She added that “the position of our European allies, including Japan, is the same as ours. We coordinated very closely with the European Union, with Mexico, on our list of retaliatory measures and actions.”
