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Past and future President Donald Trump isn't being very nice to our neighbors. He said he'd drop 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on day one.
This tariff will remain in effect until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country. That threat has Canadians saying, How dare you compare us to Mexico?
And has Mexicans saying, Rude, Canada! But it's certainly getting everyone's attention. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a trip down to Mar-a-Lago to be like, what's the deal, Donald? Will it work? Nobody knows. But after he left, Trump called Trudeau the governor of the 51st state. Rude, Donald. We're going to ask what the next block party might look like on Today Explained.
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