Donald Trump says 'a Liberal' would be 'easier to deal with' than Pierre Poilievre

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would rather work with the Liberal Party leader in Canada to resolve a trade war he instigated with Ottawa, weighing in on an expected national election in the neighbouring North American country.
Trump in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday was pressed by host Laura Ingraham on polls that show the ruling Liberal Party of Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre. The likely contest comes after the U.S. imposed tariffs on its largest trading partner and threatened future levies in an escalating fight that has roiled the northern neighbour.
“I think it’s easier to deal actually with a Liberal and maybe they’re going to win, but I don’t really care. It doesn’t matter to me at all,” Trump said Tuesday in the interview.
The U.S. president also delivered a jab at Poilievre, saying that “the Conservative that’s running is, stupidly, no friend of mine.”
“I don’t know him, but he said negative things. When he says negative things, I couldn’t care less,” Trump added.
Trump’s comments come after Carney, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, won the contest to lead the Liberal Party, succeeding former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this month.
Carney could call a national election soon, and he has been portraying himself as an experienced crisis manager. He cites his tenure leading two major central banks during the global financial crisis and Britain’s exit from the European Union as making him uniquely qualified to deal with the economic threat posed by Trump.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/donald-trump-mark-carney-pierre-poilievre
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