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Trump says he’ll punish ‘the people of Canada’ because of Trudeau’s news conference

This is the first time the U.S. president has threatened Canada over his frustration with the prime minister’s restrained post-G7 news conference.

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WASHINGTON and OTTAWA—Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump is now pledging to punish “the people of Canada” economically because of the post-G7 news conference in which Trudeau criticized Trump’s tariffs.

“That’s going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada. He learned. You can’t do that. You can’t do that,” Trump said Tuesday in Singapore after meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale is a former staff reporter for the Toronto Star.

Alex Ballingall

Alex Ballingall is an Ottawa-based reporter covering federal politics for the Star. Follow him on Twitter: @aballinga.

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