Justin Trudeau was in tears during a press conference Thursday after Donald Trump spent the week tormenting him with a tariff war in his waning days as prime minister.
The U.S. imposed 25 percent tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada rocketing the country into a trade war on Tuesday.
But just days later, Trump reversed his economic slap down saying that goods that are compliant with the North American free trade agreement with not be tariffed until April 2 and are apparently considering a similar carve out for Canada.
Trump has been mocking Trudeau for months, threatening to annex Canada as the 51st state and referring to the prime minister as ‘Governor Trudeau.’
He’s set to officially transition to a new leader once his Liberal Party holds leadership elections Sunday. That new leader will soon face a national election shortly after.
Trudeau is trying to have some semblance of a victory lap after being forced to resign when it appeared he could not win the next election.
At a press conference in Ottawa discussing childhood health care, he clearly saw the end of the line and became emotional.
‘On a personal level, I made sure that every single day in this office, I put Canadians first and I have peoples’ backs and that’s why I’m here to tell you all that we got you, even in the last days of this government, we will not let Canadians down today and well into the future,’ he said as he’d clearly started to cry.
He added that he is to looking forward to ‘a transition to my duly elected successor in the coming days or week.’
As it is, Trump continues to mock Trudeau and had his doubts that the prime minister was stepping down for good.
‘Believe it or not, despite the terrible job he’s done for Canada, I think that Justin Trudeau is using the Tariff problem, which he has largely caused, in order to run again for Prime Minister. So much fun to watch!’
The next Canadian election will be held no later than October 20, 2025.
