Trump calls Freeland ‘a whack’ and Poilievre ‘not a MAGA guy’ as tariff threat looms [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in this week on domestic Canadian politics, firing insults at Chrystia Freeland and claiming Pierre Poilievre is not a “MAGA guy” as his deadline to impose steep tariffs on Canada inches closer.

In an interview with The Spectator, Trump called the Liberal leadership candidate terrible and “a whack” and claimed credit for Freeland’s resignation as finance minister.

“Governor Trudeau understood that. And he actually fired her because of a meeting he had with me. I said, ‘She is so bad. She’s bad for the country,’” Trump said in an edited transcript of a Thursday interview with the magazine.

Freeland resigned from cabinet in December — a move which ultimately led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce he was stepping down as Liberal leader.

The president met Freeland in his first administration during negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. …