Ontario Premier Doug Ford has delivered a sharp response to Donald Trump following major Republican losses in the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections. Ford said he was “happy as punch” over the Democratic victories, while taking direct aim at Trump’s leadership and blaming him for the Republican Party’s electoral setbacks. Ford also questioned whether Canada can trust Trump in ongoing trade negotiations, saying the U.S. president could change a deal overnight. His remarks add another layer of tension to already strained U.S.-Canada relations, raising questions about Trump's political future, the Republican Party's direction, and the impact of the election results on cross-border trade relations.
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00:00Well, you know, President Trump wants to blame everyone else but himself.
00:04You know, he says, well, you know, just pretend my name's on the ballot.
00:08Well, the American people listened to that, and they showed what they thought about President Trump.
00:14I was doing cartwheels down the street, and you've ever seen a big guy like me doing cartwheels,
00:19jumping up and down when the results were coming in?
00:22But it's very simple. The American people spoke.
00:24The American people spoke on a couple issues.
00:27Cost of living, cost of gas, the war in Iran, but most important is tariffs,
00:33because that's all tied in to the cost of living.
00:35And when I was down there voicing our opinion, no matter if it's within the U.S. media
00:39or going face-to-face with governors, a tariff on Canada was nothing more than a tax on the American
00:46people.
00:46And we saw it. We saw it in the auto sector states, no matter if it was Michigan or Ohio
00:52or South Carolina or North Carolina, Georgia, Texas.
00:56They spoke loud and clear, and I'm happy about Texas as well.
01:01That governor, I'll tell you, he didn't want anything to do with Canada,
01:04even though we were the second-largest trading partner he has in the entire world.
01:09We do over $30 billion of trade with Texas.
01:13So I'm directing our ministers, as soon as everyone gets sworn in, go down to Washington,
01:20connect with the senators, the congresspeople, and, of course, I'll be talking to the governors
01:25and seeing how we can move forward.
01:27But let's be under no illusion that this trade war is done.
01:31It's not done.
01:32It's not even close to being done, because the president still has the power.
01:36The January tariffs are still on the table.
01:40So we have to get out there, communicate, and tell the American people, you know,
01:45as I've always said, you can't unscramble an egg that's been around for decades,
01:49especially in the auto sector since 1965.
01:53We have to make the omelet larger.
01:55We're the largest customer.
01:57We buy 400% more cars off the Americans than anyone else in the world.
02:01But what we want to do, and I know the American people, it's not just a victory for the people
02:07in the U.S.
02:08I think it's a victory across the world, and most importantly, it's a victory for the people
02:12of Canada, because they played a strong voice.
02:14It wasn't just myself.
02:15It was organizations, sectors going down there, premiers, elected officials at all three
02:20levels going and building the relationships, and especially with the new elected people
02:27that the Americans elected, we're going to be down there communicating, building those
02:31relationships.
02:32So I can't wait to continue communicating and meeting the new governors, and we're going
02:38to move forward.
02:39But again, I want to emphasize, the war is not over.
02:42We have to continue making sure that we move faster, quicker, immediate on everything across
02:48the board.
02:48So, yes, go ahead.
02:50I'm worried that there's going to be any kind of a backlash from President Trump, given
02:53what Ambassador Hoekstra has said, that the Republicans might blame Canada for these
02:58devastating losses, but it's a pretty convincing defeat for them last night.
03:01Well, you know, President Trump wants to blame everyone else but himself.
03:05You know, he says, well, you know, just pretend my name's on the ballot.
03:09Well, the American people listened to that, and they showed what they thought about President
03:14Trump.
03:15And then after the election, he starts insulting his own candidates that he endorsed and said,
03:21you know, these are lousy candidates, and my name wasn't on the ballot.
03:26The cheese has slipped off the cracker with this guy, totally.
03:28Like, there is no cracker.
03:29There's no more cheese.
03:31And I think the Republican Party are going to start moving forward without him.
03:35Is this a vindication of the strategy of the Prime Minister and you to walk away from
03:39the deal in August with your support?
03:44Is this a vindication of that strategy?
03:45Well, I've always said to the Prime Minister, no deal's better than any deal.
03:48And we're just working so well together, all of us, collaboratively.
03:53Not just myself and the Prime Minister, but all the Premiers across our country.
03:58So we're united, and we're moving forward.
04:01And now I think this gives us a little more leverage.
04:04But again, I want to emphasize, the war's not over, and we're going to have to keep fighting.
04:09What are you hoping we'll be a college president?
04:12Yeah, great question.
04:13It's about building relationships.
04:16You know, I've been going back and forth with certain people.
04:19I ended up getting a message from a congressperson in Michigan, Democratic congressperson, happy
04:25as anything.
04:26And I said, let's continue building our relationship.
04:29We're our number one trading partner is Michigan.
04:32The auto sector down in the U.S. has lost $110 billion because of these terrible tariffs.
04:40And it's about uncertainty.
04:41But the American people spoke.
04:43And I couldn't be happier.
04:46They can blame everyone they want.
04:48But President Trump has to look in the mirror, take responsibility for the results of last
04:54night.
04:55Are you willing to work with the new senator from Michigan who is a socialist?
04:58I'm willing to work with anyone.
05:00I know the new senator wants one thing.
05:03He wants jobs.
05:03He wants prosperity.
05:04He wants economic growth in Michigan.
05:07And so does the new governor.
05:09So we're going to continue building a great relationship.
05:12How should Canada go about doing a trade deal now or relieving the tariffs now that we have
05:19the results of last night?
05:20What's the first step?
05:21I think the first step is sitting down and building those relationships.
05:25As I mentioned, the governors have a big say in the U.S.
05:30And President Trump has to start listening.
05:33You know, he lost a big election last night.
05:35He lost a lot of seats, no matter if it's in the Senate or in Congress.
05:40He has to start listening to the people.
05:43And that's going to be up to the Prime Minister to sit down with him.
05:46I know they've been talking over the last little while.
05:50And let's, you know, let's do everything we can to get rid of these tariffs and show
05:55prosperity in both countries.
05:56That's what will create opportunities in both countries by getting rid of these tariffs.
06:01Do you think we can still trust us Canadians?
06:03We can still trust our dealings with President Trump?
06:06I can't trust him as far as I could throw him.
06:09That's my personal opinion.
06:11Maybe the Prime Minister feels differently, but he has shown over and over again that
06:18he can't be trusted and make a deal.
06:20He'll wake up in the morning, change the deal.
06:21And that the tariffs in January are real.
06:25They're as real as I'm standing here, no matter if it's the auto sector.
06:28But we just saw a couple of weeks ago, maybe in last week, about our waste.
06:33You know, he wants to tariff our waste, 50 percent tariff.
06:37But I've been saying since I've been a city councillor, we have to be responsible for our own waste.
06:43We have to look at different methods of getting rid of our waste.
06:47And Copenhagen is one good example.
06:50I was reading up on how they're turning their waste into energy.
06:54And I always say from trash to cash.
06:56I know we have that in Peel, which is being expanded.
07:00We have it in Durham region that's being expanded.
07:03That's what we have to do.
07:04And the Europeans are so much further ahead than we are on this.
07:08We have to take what works in Europe and adopt it here in Ontario and across the country.
07:15Premier, on OSAP, every day we're hearing more and more students from the career college.
07:20Students just devastated by this cause.
07:23How can you justify such a broad action when surely a government as large and sophisticated as Ontario's
07:31has more refined tools at its disposal to take more targeted actions?
07:36Yeah.
07:36Well, when we give out grants right across the board, there has to be some faith in the system
07:41because it's just not with OSAP on their private career, colleges and universities.
07:47But what we have right now, we have KPMG in there.
07:51We have an OPP investigation.
07:53We're working with the Auditor General's office, feeding her as much information as we have.
07:59And we're going to catch these criminals because that's all they are, a bunch of criminals.
08:03And I hope they go to jail.
08:05They go to jail and send a message.
08:07If you want to scam the taxpayers of Ontario, we're going to catch you.
08:10And you're going to jail.
08:12And they'll send a clear message.
08:14And then we reform the system in total.
08:19You know, there's certain areas that non-Canadians are getting OSAP.
08:24That needs to change.
08:25We need to protect the people of Canada, protect the people of Ontario, and make sure we have a better
08:31system.
08:32In the meantime, while we're figuring out this month-long cause to come up with a new system,
08:41is there no way, in the meantime, to distinguish between the bad actors and the National Ballet School of Canada?
08:48Yeah, and we're doing that.
08:50So we've asked KPMG to prioritize low-risk colleges and universities.
08:55Let's get them back up and moving as quickly as possible.
08:58And that's our goal.
09:08Yeah, so we're going to prioritize, just like you were mentioning, schools that we feel that are low-risk.
09:14There is a school that we thought was low-risk, and they're having problems.
09:17So we're going to make sure we throw every resource we can.
09:21We're working with the staff, the public service as well, our audit teams, their KPMG's audit teams, the OPP.
09:31But what I can't do, I can't jeopardize the OPP investigation because we want to recover this money.
09:36And we want to make sure this investigation goes well and throw these people in jail.
09:42Why didn't you get here in February and late students for buying fancy watches and clothes?
09:48So let's talk about this.
09:49Let's differentiate.
09:51These are private career colleges, not public career colleges that we put $6.4 billion in and save the sector.
09:59And all you have to do is talk to any CEO of any public college or university.
10:06They're thanking us.
10:07This is the private sector.
10:10The private sector is the problem, not the public sector.
10:14Because in the private, okay, in the public sector, we saw online, it's been going on even when I was
10:22younger,
10:23some people would abuse the system.
10:25We want to make sure that we have a system that people that need the funding are going to get
10:30the funding.
10:31But this, again, goes back to making sure that we're spending the money.
10:37To train and make sure we teach jobs of the future to these students in the colleges and universities,
10:44no matter if it's public or private.
10:45And that's exactly what we're doing.
10:47No matter if it's STEM graduates, that will be up to 115,000 leading North America,
10:52making sure that we focus on areas of energy, be it nuclear or mining, manufacturing, and, of course, AI as
11:01well.
11:09It will eventually.
11:10But like I was saying earlier on, we can't jeopardize the OPP investigation or KPMG.
11:15But again, after we come up with the findings, hold on, when we come up with the findings.
11:21I'm sorry.
11:22I'm sorry.
11:23Go ahead.
11:24Go ahead.
11:24My seekers were going to go to Niagara.
11:25The new mayor, basically, and she is asking for a conventionally-led consultation.
11:34And everybody involved, who were the residents before those things?
11:38Are you willing to do that?
11:40Yeah, absolutely.
11:41At least to see what's going to be built.
11:44Well, it's not just about, and Randy, thank you for that question.
11:47It's not just about Destination Niagara Falls.
11:49It's called Destination Niagara.
11:50I've already called the new mayor.
11:53I look forward to sitting down with the new mayor.
11:55But I also look forward to sitting down with all the 12 regions that represent Niagara.
12:00This is about jobs and investment on private sector, billions of dollars coming in to create more jobs, more opportunities,
12:08more tourism.
12:09That's what we're focused on.
12:10Because right now, Niagara Falls, you just can't sit back.
12:15You know, it's not good.
12:16It's just not a great destination.
12:18We want to make it the greatest destination in the world, and status quo is unacceptable.
12:24But I've always said, I'm going to work with all the mayors, not just Niagara Falls mayor,
12:29but all the mayors that got elected in the 12 regions, and continue communicating,
12:36making sure they get out to their constituents, talk to them,
12:39and talk about the prosperity and growth that Niagara has.
12:43One more, one more, sorry.
12:45Last question.
12:46Yeah.
12:49That's right.
12:49You seem to have been open to it.
12:51Does Ontario have the money to give Toronto a new deal, 2.0?
12:54No, we're willing to sit down.
12:56No, there's no 2.0 to answer your question directly.
12:59But are we willing to sit down and talk to Mayor Chow about certain priorities,
13:04maybe put policing into the subways to make it safer?
13:08We're all in.
13:09Make sure we reduce the crime because of the tragedy that happened in the bridal path.
13:14That's unacceptable.
13:16So areas like that, we're always open.
13:19Now, keep in mind, with collaboration with the federal and the provincial government,
13:23we've given Toronto $9 billion, with a B, $9 billion.
13:29They have to be responsible for their own budget.
13:32We're there to support them.
13:33We uploaded the gardener.
13:35We uploaded DVP to support them.
13:37And to be very frank, that should have been done 50 years ago.
13:40But we're on the same page, the Mayor and I, when it comes to creating opportunities and growth.
13:45But you can't always rely on the province.
13:48We're in tough times right now, really tough times.
13:51So we're going to be prudent fiscal managers, respecting the taxpayer,
13:55and making sure that we work with every single mayor, all 444 of them.
13:59And my phone's lighting up like a Christmas tree.
14:02But I want to thank everyone.
14:03Thank you very much.
14:06My question.
14:07My question.
14:08Okay.
14:11Manitoba and Quebec have done what a lot of Canada has done.
14:13Yeah.
14:13They've got rid of the time change.
14:15I know you say you want to be on the same time as New York.
14:17And Quebec.
14:18And Quebec.
14:18But what about being on the same time as the rest of Canada?
14:20Are you considering doing away with the clock?
14:23So if Quebec, I know talking to the Premier, the new Premier, he was going to do it.
14:29Then he pulled back.
14:30But we have to be in line with Quebec and along the lines of New York for the financial sector.
14:36It just makes life easier.
14:38I'm easygoing.
14:38This argument's been going on for decades.
14:41If Quebec and New York and the eastern corridor of the U.S. wants to do it, I'm all in.
14:46And Manitoba, okay, hold on.
14:49Manitoba and western Canada, the reason they did it, they want to get closer to our time frame.
14:53They don't want to be three hours behind.
14:55I don't like, you know, at the end of the day, it's pitch black out there.
14:59So am I open?
15:00And I'm very, very open to discussions with the Premier of Quebec.
15:03We're going to be discussing this and hopefully we'll come up with a consensus.
15:09Because you can't go up in Ottawa and go across the river and there's an hour behind.
15:15Either way, we have to be in the same sink.
15:19But we won't.
15:19That's it, everyone.
15:20Thank you very much.
15:21Well, let's sit down and talk to Quebec, the Premier.
15:24Thanks, everyone.
15:25It has to go.
15:25Thank you, everyone.
15:30I'm as happy as punch.
15:32I can't stand the guy, okay?
15:33Simple as that.
15:34All right.
15:35Thanks, everyone.
15:36It has to go.
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