Trump takes brutal swipe at Justin Trudeau after high Canadian official's exit

Dec 17, 2024 11:22 PM IST

President-elect Donald Trump slammed Chrystia Freeland as “poisonous,” arguing that her exit was for the nice of the nation.

Donald Trump mocked Justin Trudeau in a scathing publish on Truth Social Monday following the shock resignation of Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Calling the Canadian prime minister “governor,” the president-elect hilariously addressed the nation’s high official’s dramatic exit.

(FILES) US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shake arms throughout a gathering within the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2017. The political circumstances that surrounded the publication of “Ultimatum,” as soon as a best-selling novel that imagined an American effort to annex Canada, might ring acquainted to anybody following current headlines. “Ultimatum,” printed in 1973, is authored by D-Day veteran Richard Rohmer, the honorary lieutenant common of the Canadian Armed Forces, who just lately turned 101. Still an avid information client and author, Rohmer advised AFP that remarks by President-elect Donald Trump implying that Canada may very well be absorbed by the United States shouldn’t be laughed off. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)(AFP)

Trump takes brutal swipe at Justin Trudeau after Canadian finance minister’s exit

“The Great State of Canada is surprised because the Finance Minister resigns, or was fired, from her place by Governor Justin Trudeau,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. He labelled Trudeau as “governor” in reference to a earlier joke in regards to the United States annexing its neighbouring nation.

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Trump slammed Freeland as “poisonous,” arguing that her exit was for the nice of the nation. “Her conduct was completely poisonous, and under no circumstances conducive to creating offers that are good for the very sad residents of Canada,” the longer term president wrote. “She won’t be missed!!!” Trump declared.

Freeland took to X, previously Twitter Monday night time to make her letter to Trudeau public. In the prolonged assertion, she wrote, “On Friday, you advised me you now not need me to function your Finance Minister and provided me one other place within the Cabinet. Upon reflection, I’ve concluded that the one trustworthy and viable path is for me to resign from the Cabinet.”

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The 56-year-old politician’s shock exit got here as an enormous blow to Trudeau, with different Canadian leaders demanding his resignation. “Mr. Trudeau’s authorities is over. He should acknowledge that and act accordingly,” Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet mentioned. In her resignation letter, Freeland revealed that she and Trudeau had “discovered ourselves at odds over the most effective path ahead for Canada.”

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