Canada is coping with lots of of wildfires, however so is the US. In truth, the variety of wildfires at present burning within the US is greater than twice the quantity in Canada (467 to 200), however this has not stopped Donald Trump and Republicans from blaming Canada.
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Trump posted on Fact Social on Friday:
We’re holding Canada liable for the truth that they don’t seem to be correctly sustaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the US is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the standard of which is harmful, and completely unacceptable! I’ll name the Prime Minister through the day to search out out what they’ll do about it. The price is incalculable!
Canada has refused to interact in primary Forest Administration and Particles Removing, figuring out that such refusal will result in precisely this end result. That is Willful Negligence, and changing into a yearly prevalence, costing the US Billions of {Dollars}, which value of this air pollution should of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is at present paying.
Trump has more and more turn out to be the deranged aged retiree who wanders across the neighborhood with a ruler measuring the peak of individuals’s grass.
As an alternative of providing to assist our Canadian mates, Trump is making an attempt to slap a brand new tariff on Canadian items.
