President Trump said early Thursday that Canada’s move to recognize a Palestinian state impedes progress on trade talks, just one day ahead of Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deadline.
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social shortly after midnight.
“That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!” he added.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement Wednesday that his country intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025. The move would be predicated on several significant commitments, including that the Palestinian Authority would hold elections in 2026 that would preclude participation by Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since June 2007.
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