{"id":2648944,"date":"2026-08-24T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ontario-premier-says-trump-can-kiss-my-a-over-tariff-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:36:46","slug":"ontario-premier-says-trump-can-kiss-my-a-over-tariff-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ontario-premier-says-trump-can-kiss-my-a-over-tariff-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario premier says Trump can &#8216;kiss my a**&#8217; over tariff threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fontario-premier-says-trump-can-kiss-my-a-over-tariff-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2648944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded strongly to President Donald Trump&#8217;s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, including cars, trucks, automotive components, and steel. Ford dismissed Trump\u2019s threat, telling a Canadian radio host that Trump can \u201ckiss my a**\u201d and asserting that Ottawa would retaliate wiht its own tariffs against American exports. The tension escalated after the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >announced tariffs affecting approximately  billion worth<\/a> of Canadian imports, prompting Canada to prepare matching retaliatory measures set for September 8.<\/p>\n<p>Ford vowed to block critical resources like electricity and minerals from Ontario to the U.S., emphasizing their importance to American infrastructure and security. he declared, \u201cI\u2019ll cut them off,\u201d and warned that \u201ceverything\u2019s on the table,\u201d indicating the possibility of severe economic measures against the U.S. if tensions continue. The trade conflict originated from a breakdown in negotiations over a new US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, with both sides blaming each other.<\/p>\n<p>Ford also criticized Trump\u2019s praise for Ronald Reagan, claiming that Reagan would be disgusted by Trump\u2019s approach to tariffs. In the past, Ford used Reagan in an anti-tariff ad targeting Trump\u2019s trade policies, which angered the president and stalled negotiations. Ford hinted at re-airing that ad, signaling ongoing opposition to Trump\u2019s trade tactics and suggesting that the dispute could intensify further.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford said President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> can \u201ckiss my a**\u201d on Monday after the latter threatened to impose 50% <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"584\">tariffs<\/a> on cars, trucks, automotive components, and steel imported from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"366\">Canada<\/a> into the United States starting next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announced the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4698038\/trump-50-percent-tariffs-canadian-cars-auto-parts-steel\/\">new tariff threat<\/a> on Truth Social after trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed over the weekend. The U.S. then implemented 50% tariffs affecting approximately $28 billion in Canadian goods, prompting Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-carney\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11724\">Mark Carney<\/a> to announce matching retaliatory tariffs set to take effect on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4698280\/ontario-premier-doug-ford-slams-trump-canada-tariffs\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ontario premier says Trump can \u2018kiss my a**\u2019 over tariff threat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4698147\/iran-propaganda-video-barron-trump-assassination\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran puts out propaganda video tracking Barron Trump\u2019s location, offering $10 million for his assassination<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4697864\/irans-rial-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-announce-more-sanctions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result of the back-and-forth salvos is an ever-deepening trade war between the allies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump \u201ccan kiss my a** as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d Ford <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CP24\/status\/2091901665326645493\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CP24\/status\/2091901665326645493\">told<\/a> Canadian radio show host Bill Carroll after the president\u2019s post. \u201cWe\u2019re going to go at him full steam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a separate interview with the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, Ford vowed to cut off <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/canada-trade-trump-ontario-53c4f83c8365c14b372b314396ae8179\">electricity and critical minerals<\/a> from Ontario to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ontario\u2019s leader said electricity exported by Canada powers 1.5 million homes and businesses across certain U.S. states, including Michigan, Minnesota, and New York. Canada\u2019s critical minerals are vital to America\u2019s national security and defense manufacturing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll cut them off,\u201d Ford said of his province\u2019s natural resources. \u201cYou won\u2019t get a grain of sand out of Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything\u2019s on the table. I\u2019ll do whatever it takes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The premier\u2019s comments, which rival Trump\u2019s in intensity, will likely escalate tensions between the countries as they impose tariffs on each other. Trump is unlikely to back down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trade dispute stemmed from a disagreement during the final stretch of negotiations for a new U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement. Both sides blamed the other for the breakdown in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford also fired back at Trump over his public admiration for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"813\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>, who was not fond of high tariffs during his two-term tenure in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8767\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reagan would \u201cbe throwing up on him from the picture [displayed in the Oval Office] if he knew what was going on, spinning around in his grave right now,\u201d Ford told the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. \u201cHe should maybe take that picture off the wall and move it somewhere else. Because right now, Ronald Reagan would be disgusted with President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4697967\/what-to-know-us-canada-trade-war\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4697967\/what-to-know-us-canada-trade-war\/\">WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE IMPENDING US-CANADA TRADE \u2018WAR\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Ford invoked Reagan in an anti-tariff advertisement targeting Trump\u2019s trade measures at the time. The ad angered Trump, who then halted trade talks with Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked by Carroll if he plans to re-air the Reagan commercial amid the renewed trade war, Ford simply said, \u201cStay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford: Trump can \u201ckiss my a**\u201d over tariffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2648945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26236548614198-e1787593572941.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13202,16957,7221,3634],"class_list":["post-2648944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ontario","tag-tariff","tag-trade","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26236548614198-e1787593572941.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648948,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648944\/revisions\/2648948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2648945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}