Canadian Ambassador to U.S. says Canadians are 'perplexed,' 'disappointed' by Trump tariffs

Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman said Canadians were disappointed and perplexed by President Donald Trump's determination to enforce tariffs connected imports from the state during an interrogation connected Sunday.

"Canadians are perplexed, I deliberation disappointed. We presumption ourselves arsenic your neighbor, your closest friend, your ally, you know, a state whose citizens person fought and died with you astir the satellite successful defence of values that we share, who travel to the assistance of the Los Angeles fires, astir recently, and I deliberation are truly perplexed by this move. So I don’t deliberation anybody volition request to archer Canadians what to do. I deliberation that they volition marque their decisions connected their own," she told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. 

Trump signed an enforcement bid authorizing the tariffs connected Saturday, which volition spell into effect Tuesday, consisting of a 25% further tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff connected imports from China.

Stephanopoulos asked Hillman if the Canadian citizens felt betrayed.

Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman told ABC's "This Week" that Canadians were perplexed and disappointed by Trump's tariffs.  (Screenshot/ABC/ThisWeek)

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"I deliberation they’re confused. I don’t deliberation they recognize wherever this is coming from. I deliberation they cognize the grade to which we person made each effort to code the president’s concerns, and truthful they conscionable don’t recognize wherever this is coming from, and astir apt there’s a small spot of hurt, right?" she responded. 

Hillman said Canada and the U.S. had radical who question backmost and distant betwixt the 2 countries and touted a concern betwixt them.

"We person 400,000 to 500,000 radical that determination backmost and distant betwixt our 2 countries each day. Businesses, tourists, students, workers, and there’s a consciousness of partnership, of family, of being each other’s best, arsenic I say, champion customer, champion friend. So I deliberation that this is thing that we truly don’t, the Canadians don’t understand," Hillman added.

The Canadian ambassador said that Trump apt does worth the U.S. concern with Canada, and said "I deliberation that we’re going to person to spot wherever this takes us."

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Trump said Friday that helium was not disquieted astir American consumers taking a deed and said the tariffs volition guarantee that different countries dainty the U.S. "fairly." 

"There whitethorn beryllium temporary, short-term disruption, and radical volition recognize that," Trump told reporters Friday successful the Oval Office. 

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said the tariffs were owed to amerciable fentanyl. 

"The president volition beryllium implementing time a 25% tariff connected Mexico, 25% tariffs connected Canada, and a 10% tariff connected China for the amerciable fentanyl they person sourced and allowed to administer into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans," Leavitt told reporters connected Friday. "These are promises made and promises kept."

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Trump's enforcement bid for the tariffs said, "Gang members, smugglers, quality traffickers, and illicit drugs of each kinds person poured crossed our borders and into our communities."

"Canada has played a cardinal relation successful these challenges, including by failing to give capable attraction and resources oregon meaningfully coordinate with United States instrumentality enforcement partners to efficaciously stem the tide of illicit drugs," the bid continued.