Trump hits back at Canada after retaliatory tariffs announcement
August 23, 2026 | 2:56pm
US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, alongside US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026.
AFP / Jim Watson
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump hit back at Canada on Sunday after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States following a breakdown in trade negotiations.
"Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"They have also charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!!" he said.
Carney said Saturday that new Canadian tariffs would take effect on September 8, notably targeting the US steel and dairy industries.
New 50-percent US tariffs impacting about $20 billion worth of goods, or 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the US, came into force Saturday.
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