The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Canada has leverage in the talks even as his province weighs restoring U.S. alcohol sales at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s urging to help secure a deal that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs.
“Everybody knows the American president by now, he’s erratic, he’s irresponsible, and he’s not to be trusted. And this is the person that we were supposed to make a deal with, and we’re going to make additional concessions for it. That’s why I say you can’t make a good deal with a bad person, because who’s to say it’s not going to be undone?” Kinew said.
Nah, the only problem with what he said was he should’ve called Trump a “nasty person”.
When you’re negotiating, it’s courteous to speak the language of the people you’re negotiating with.
And I’m not kidding, either. JD Vance called Trump “America’s Hitler.” Trump chose him to be his running mate. Nothing Trump says is meaningful, it’s all just for show. So he thinks everyone else only says things for show. Insulting him won’t hurt a deal, if anything it’s make him want to make a deal more.