Premier Doug Ford said he “was doing cartwheels down the street” after American voters overwhelmingly rejected President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda in the midterm elections.
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voters → say → elections
“It’s not just a victory for the people in the U.S., I think it’s a victory across the world — and, most importantly, it’s a victory for the people of Canada because they played a strong voice,” he said Wednesday.
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he → ’ → voice
But Ford stressed “let’s be under no illusion that this trade war is done” even though the Democrats will take control of the Senate and the House of Representatives from Trump’s Republicans in January.
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Democrats → stress → January
Early tallies suggest significant wins for a Democratic Party that, for more than a decade, has
“It’s not even close to being done because the president still has the power,” the premier told reporters at Queen’s Park.
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premier → suggest → Park
“The January tariffs are still on the table,” he said, referring to additional levies planned by the White House.
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he → say → House
Ford, who makes frequent appearances on U.S. cable news networks denouncing Trump’s tariffs, said Tuesday’s election results give “us a little more leverage” and vindicated Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to abandon trade talks in August.
“I’ve always said to the prime minister, no deal is better than any deal, and we’re just working so well together, all of us collaboratively, not just myself and the prime minister but all the premiers across our country.
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we → make → country
So we’re united and we’re moving forward,” he said.
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he → ’re → ?
“A tariff on Canada was nothing more than a tax on the American people, and we saw it.
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we → see → it
We saw it in the auto-sector states.
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We → see → states
No matter if it was Michigan or Ohio or South Carolina or North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, they spoke loud and clear.”
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they → speak → ?
Striking a triumphalist tone, Ford had some choice words for defeated Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, who snubbed the premier during an April trade mission in the state capital of Austin.
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who → strike → Austin
“I’m happy about Texas as well.
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I → ’m → Texas
That governor, I’ll tell you, he didn’t want anything to do with Canada, even though we were the second largest trading partner he has in the entire world.
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he → tell → world
We do over $30 billion of (annual) trade with Texas.
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We → do → Texas
The premier said he would be reaching out to Democratic governor-elect Gina Hinojosa as well as other newly elected governors, senators and congressional representatives.
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he → say → Hinojosa
Asked if Trump could be relied upon to reach a trade deal with Canada, Ford shook his head.
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Ford → ask → head
“I can’t trust him as far as I can throw him.
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I → trust → him
That’s my personal opinion.
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That → ’ → ?
Maybe the prime minister feels differently, but (Trump) has shown over and over again that he can’t be trusted,” he said.
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he → feel → ?
“President Trump wants to blame everyone else but himself.
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Trump → want → himself
He says, ‘Well, you know, just pretend my name’s on the ballot.’
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name → say → ballot
Well, the American people listened to that, and they showed what they thought about President Trump,” added Ford.
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Ford → listen → Trump
“Then after the election, he starts insulting his own candidates that he endorsed and said, ‘You know, these are lousy candidates and my name wasn’t on the ballot.’
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name → start → ballot
The cheese has slipped off the cracker with this guy totally.
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cheese → slip → guy
Like, there is no cracker, there’s no more cheese, and I think the Republican Party are going to start moving forward without him.”
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Party → be → him
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