Trump claims he'd 'rather deal with a liberal than a conservative' in Ottawa

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· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 11:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Tuesday said helium wouldn't caput if the Liberal Party won the upcoming Canadian election, saying: "I'd alternatively woody with a wide than a conservative."

Trump has taken a pugnacious stance toward Canada, imposing tariffs connected Canadian imports and repeatedly threatening to marque it the 51st U.S. state.

During an interrogation connected Fox News's The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham pointed retired that Trump's attraction of Canada could propel the governing Liberals to triumph the adjacent predetermination and pb a authorities that's hostile to the U.S.

"I don't care," Trump responded. "I deliberation it's easier to deal, actually, with a wide and possibly they're going to win, but I don't truly care. It doesn't substance to maine astatine all."

Trump past took purpose at Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre.

"The blimpish that's moving is, stupidly, nary person of mine. I don't cognize him, but helium said antagonistic things," helium said. "When helium says antagonistic things, I couldn't attraction less."

These followed anterior comments Trump has made astir the Conservative leader, including an assertion that Poilievre is "not a MAGA guy."

The Liberals, who person been successful powerfulness since Justin Trudeau was elected premier curate successful 2015, conscionable weeks agone looked headed toward definite decision to the Conservatives successful an predetermination that indispensable beryllium held by Oct. 20 and whitethorn hap earlier.

But the enactment is mounting a large comeback with a caller leader — the precocious sworn-in Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Some caller sentiment polls person shown the Liberals closing the spread oregon adjacent up of the Conservatives.

The Liberals person portrayed Poilievre arsenic a right-wing populist successful the aforesaid vein arsenic Trump.

Poilievre has adopted the slogan "Canada First" successful the look of U.S. threats, and sought to necktie Carney to the erstwhile Trudeau government.

The Conservative Party of Canada and the Liberal Party of Canada didn't instantly respond to requests for comment.