'Won't let Trump win': Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney fires back at 'unjustified' tariffs and 51st state threats

Mark Carney, who is set to become Canada’s next prime minister, has sharply criticized US President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Canadian goods and his frequent threats to turn Canada into "the 51st U.S. state."

“There is someone who is trying to weaken our economy,” Carney said on Sunday. “Donald Trump, as we know, has put unjustified tariffs on what we build, on what we sell and how we make a living. He's attacking Canadian families, workers and businesses and we cannot let him succeed and we won't.”

Mark Carney added Canada will keep retaliatory tariffs in place until “the Americans show us respect.”

Addressing Trump's rhetoric about making Canada the 51st US state, Carney said, “We have made this the greatest country in the world and now our neighbors want to take us. No way.”

“Americans want our resources, water, our land, our country. Think about it. If they succeeded, they would destroy our way of life. America is a melting pot. Canada is a mosaic. America is not Canada. Canada will never ever be part of America in any way, shape or form,” he added.

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In February, Trump announced a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico. After a delay, he imposed the tariffs on Tuesday but chose to extend a one-month reprieve for automakers. He also postponed tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods covered by the USMCA free trade agreement until April.

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, just hours before Carney's Liberal Party victory, Trump warned that tariffs on certain goods from Canada and Mexico, set to take effect on April 2, “could go up,” adding that the one-month delay granted to both countries was merely a “little bit of a break.”