It seemingly began after the election, when the president floated the idea of annexing Canada in a meeting with outgoing Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Though this appeared to be a joke at the time,

President Donald Trump added Tuesday to his rapidly growing list of false claims about Canada, wrongly asserting on social media that Canada is “ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is reconsidering his threat to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada – now that Ontario's premier said he would suspend a 25% electricity surcharge on U.