Ford wants to sell more electricity to the U.S. Trump says it doesnt make sense [Video]

United States President Donald Trump is again talking about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut power to three northern states, suggesting America may not want to buy Canadian power at all.

A tense Tuesday of escalating tension between Ford and Trump saw tariff threats traded, before an “olive branch” from the White House in the form of a meeting and Trump calling Ford a “strong man.”

On Wednesday, Trump again mused about Ontario — this time dismissing the short-lived threat to add a surcharge to electricity and saying his threat of 50 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum had shut it down.

“We had a problem with Ontario and they dropped that,” Trump said. “We let them know what we were going to be doing, they dropped it immediately. Electricity, you shouldn’t be playing with electricity, it affects people’s lives here.”

The president went on to suggest the …