Trump lashes out at Canada, penalising them with tariffs following collapsed talks

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Canada as both nations clash over tariffs. Trade talks collapsed last week, prompting Trump to penalise Canada by slapping a 50% tariff on imports. In response, Mark Carney hit back, matching the measures dollar for dollar. US officially imposing a 50% tariff on Canadian goods Saturday, and Canada says it's planning to retaliate by matching the tariffs dollar for dollar. Trump took aim at Canada in a Truth Social post, writing, Canada wants the benefits of being a state without being one. They have also charged our great farmers for many years massive amounts of tariffs. No more President Donald J. Trump. At a press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked why Canada was going to war with Trump, responding that they were the ones attacked. Why does it feel like today Mark Carney is going to war? Trade war? The tone? Because we're attacked. Like you're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked. US put 50%. We waited until the United States decided to actually implement the so-called 338 tariffs. That's fine. We've got the reserves. We got the resilience. We've got the plan. We've got the focus. We will respond. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also hit back, declaring Trump cannot be trusted. President Trump, he can't be trusted. Simple as that. He changes the deal. He keeps moving the goalpost. You know, let me tell you about President Trump. President Trump is a type of person that would steal your lunch money the first day. He'd steal the toque off your head the second day. And the third day, he'd steal your running shoes. He is not to be trusted whatsoever. We need to stay united. While Canadian leaders have spoken out against Trump, the US president's allies have lined up to defend him and fire back at Canada. On NBC's Meet the Press, Senator Tim Scott backed Trump and blamed former President Joe Biden for rising costs during his administration. Talking about costs, Senator, I'm talking about costs. And American families are also paying more in the wake of President Trump's taxes and tariffs. In fact, Senator Susan Collins of Maine said this, if the administration proceeds with these tariffs, they will increase costs for Maine families, as most businesses will have no choice but to pass on the tariffs to their customers through higher prices. Is she right, particularly given that we have seen that in the past, given the president's tariffs? Well, Kristen, you're talking about a really important issue of costs. Let's look back at the original sin of cost in America in the last eight years. It goes to Joe Biden, who took inflation of 21% while he was president. And President, let me finish, let me finish. President Trump has brought inflation from a sky high 21% over the Biden years down to under 5%, and right now hovering near 4%. Meanwhile, at the Freedom 250 IndyCar race in Washington, DC, Transport Secretary Sean Duffy took aim at Canada, labeling their stance foolish. But Canada gets the benefit of trading with the U.S. way more than the U.S. gets the benefit of trading with Canada. It's a country that doesn't have a military. It has a country that has a single payer health care system that's failing. They have record high youth in Asia rates. And so to think that they're going to go to war with Donald Trump and actually win that war with the U.S., I think it's foolish on their part. Online commentator Eric Doherty praised Duffy's remarks, posting, well, Transport Secretary Sean Duffy just might drop Canada whining and complaining about trade and tariffs with President Trump. America first. No more free rides. Trump means business. Eric Doherty also attacked Mark Carney on X, saying he's whining that President Trump is refusing to cave in a closed door trade negotiations with tariffs now set at 50% unless the deal is agreed to. Canada would cease to exist without America. They should act more like an ally. As Trump ramps up trade pressure on Canada, tensions with Iran remain at a stalemate that could escalate at any moment, with analyst Joe Siracusa warning Trump has the power to inflict far greater damage. Trump started doing some serious bombing of Tehran and their other minor cities. I think they got the message, you know, getting people plenty of time to get out of these cities. I think more physical damage would work. But look, we backed off. We gave it our shot. The president ran into trouble with the War Powers Act. He ran into trouble with the American public. And look, the American public has made it very clear to Donald Trump, get the hell out of that place. And Trump's trying to get out of the place. And having Bassan say that this is the greatest economic initiative ever undertaken. You know, those adjectives don't mean anything because, you know, at the end of the day, we have Iran is still where it was in 1979. It's still making trouble for people. It just beats me, though, how the Persian people could put up with that crowd. I mean, they ask so much of them and give so little in return. But look, United States, and I've said this on your show, this war is going to end with a whimper and not a bang. Well, America is looking for the way out, as indeed it should, because unless you're going to unless you're going to invade the joint, it's just back away. So I think these economic sanctions are sort of a kind of a smokescreen for we're going home sooner or later. But getting Iran and other nations, I know what they want to do. They want to get the other 192 nations in the to put the pressure on Iran isn't going to work that way, because in Iran, Pete, you can't find anybody who's got a surrender flag. They don't do it that way. There's no one there to surrender. So I think we're in for more of the same. And the world will sort of just disappear. Donald Trump hopes that it'll disappear enough before the midterm elections. But, you know, Pete, I think that ship has sailed.