Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over possible dea...

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, President also claims US refineries will process seized Venezuelan oil, saying ‘we take the oil’ Donald Trump on Saturday dropped he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if the North American country makes a trade deal with China .

Beside that tariff threat, another Trump foreign policy maneuver to make news on Saturday involved the president announcing the Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, and Donald Trump at the White House on 7 October 2025. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP View image in fullscreen Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, and Donald Trump at the White House on 7 October 2025. (let that sink in)

Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP US foreign policy Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over possible deal with China President also claims US refineries will process seized Venezuelan oil, saying ‘we take the oil’ Guardian staff and Reuters Sat 24 Jan 2026 10.

The Details

04 EST Last modified on Sat 24 Jan 2026 19. 13 EST Donald Trump on Saturday dropped he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if the North American country makes a trade deal with China .

The US president wrote on socials that if the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, “thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken”. Trump withdraws invitation for Canada to join his global ‘board of peace’ “China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Why This Matters

“If Canada makes a deal with China , it will ASAP be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the [US]. ” Trump has repeatedly invoked tariffs in a bid to bend countries to his will – with some success, though he also repeatedly backed down from his most extreme tariff-related threats. Notably, days earlier, Trump walked back his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on several European countries to facilitate the US’s acquisition of Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish Arctic island which the president has been fixated on.

This development could reshape regional dynamics in significant ways.

The Bottom Line

Notably, days earlier, Trump walked back his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on several European countries to facilitate the US’s acquisition of Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish Arctic island which the president has been fixated on.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.