Canada PM Mark Carney torches Trump officials after Pete Hegseth attacks teenage cadet
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has torched the Trump administration for ‘doing memes’ after cabinet secretaries were accused of mocking the country’s military.
Carney on Tuesday blasted the officials for ‘trying to be tough’ and urged them to ‘start being serious’ about discussions to end the trade war.
Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America last week, escalating tensions between the two nations with no end to the dispute in sight.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday night posted an image from a cadet training center in British Columbia showing a teen girl receiving a medal from an instructor with the caption: ‘This is real.’
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy meanwhile dismissed Canada as ‘a country that doesn’t have a military’ during an appearance on Fox News Sunday on August 23.
Asked about the attacks on Canada’s military by Trump cabinet secretaries, Carney told reporters ‘it’s beneath their office.’
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with the news media after he suspended trade negotiations with the United States, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada August 22
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday night posted an image from a cadet training center in British Columbia showing a teen girl receiving a medal from an instructor with the caption: ‘This is real’
Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16
