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A Canadian politician who calls JD Vance his ‘brother’ said the vice president is not welcome in his home country until the Trump administration changes their rhetoric on the would-be ’51st state.’
Jamil Jivani is a conservative member of parliament who won re-election in his district Monday after his party lost what was once seen as a contest they were favored to win to Mark Carney’s Liberals.
He’s now saying his old friend and college classmate isn’t welcome in Canada, at least until he feels his country is treated with respect after Donald Trump consistently suggested annexation.
‘They need to probably reconsider some of their rhetoric and their policy before coming to Canada,’ said Jivani, who had dinner with Vance as recently as December and attended the inauguration.
The pair were friends long before they got into politics, having attended Yale Law School together, with Jivani joking that they’d …