U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the departure of Chrystia Freeland from the Liberal cabinet will help Canada strike better deals.
Trump commented on Freeland’s resignation from the role of deputy prime minister and finance minister on Dec. 16, saying in a Truth Social post the “Great State of Canada is stunned” after she resigned or “was fired” by “Governor Justin Trudeau.”
The incoming U.S. president has repeatedly referred to Canada as a “state” in recent weeks, referencing a previous joke he made that Canada should become the “51st” U.S. state and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau be made the “governor.”…