Reporter To Trump: 'Is There Anything Canada Can Do To Change Your Mind About This Situation?'

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked about ending trade deal talks with Canada.

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00:00Straighten out their act.

00:02Is there anything in Canada can do to change your mind about this?

00:05No, they put a tax on companies that were American companies that they shouldn't.

00:09A very severe tax.

00:12And, yeah, I guess they could remove it.

00:15They will.

00:16But I don't really, I mean, it doesn't matter to me.

00:18We have all the cards.

00:20We have all the cards.

00:21You know, we do a lot of business with Canada, but relatively little.

00:25They do most of their businesses with us.

00:27And when you have that circumstance, you treat people better.

00:31They've had farmers that are getting like 300, 400, 200 percent in tariffs.

00:38Nobody's ever seen anything like it.

00:39We have cases.

00:41You don't read this and the people don't report.

00:43But they charge us 400 percent on some dairy products.

00:49400 percent.

00:50Nobody writes that.

00:52It's not fair to our farmers.

00:54And we've got to protect our farmers.