Why Trump is threatening Canada with tariffs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, immediately addressed the concerns within his country, telling reporters on Tuesday that he had a "good" conversation with Trump following the president-elect's pledge to target his country.
33% : "On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
29% : And if Trump actually imposed the tariffs, some experts have warned that he'd be violating US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which was brokered during his first term in office to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement -- the 1990s-era free trade pact the president-elect had long railed against.
29% : Business Insider reached out to a representative of Trump for comment.
28% : In short, Trump says he has the same concerns over immigration, fentanyl, and crime from the Canadian border as he does Mexico's.
27% : Few things animate Trump more than immigration, one of his defining issues and one that he's zeroed in on since his first presidential run in 2016.
13% : " Trump on Monday criticized both Canada and Mexico over the issue on his Truth Social platform.

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