唐纳德·特朗普总统在大选中保持了坚定的立场正在进行的美加贸易战周三，在接受保守派主持人格伦·贝克的电台采访时，他再次声称加拿大是世界上“最难打交道的国家”之一，加拿大人一直在“利用”美国。
“听着，我不知道你对加拿大有什么感觉。他们是世界上最难打交道的国家之一，”特朗普在谈到与加拿大人的谈判时说。
加拿大和美国之间的谈判在周末破裂，美国对一些加拿大商品征收50%的新一轮关税于周六生效，导致加拿大以自己的征税进行报复。
“他们利用我们，好像他们是一个国家，但他们不是一个国家，”特朗普补充道。
接着，总统提到了上周与加拿大达成的“好协议”，该协议在最后期限前破裂。
“我做了一笔非常好的交易，你知道，非常好，因为他们担心我不会做任何生意。换句话说，我们不会交易。他们没有我们必须有的任何东西。好吧，我们能过得去，”特朗普说。“我的意思是，有一些东西会使它有点不方便，但我们可以在其他地方得到它们。是时候告诉加拿大你不能再这样做了。”
周二，特朗普在与美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的通话中表示，加拿大声称美国在谈判的最后几个小时为他们的协议增加了更多条件，“听起来像”他，似乎证实了加拿大的立场。据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，当被问及他是否否认加拿大人的说法时，他后来补充说，他不“否认任何事情”。
特朗普的这些评论与他自己政府中的一些人，包括副总统万斯，对谈判失败的说法相矛盾。万斯坚持认为，加拿大应对谈判破裂负责，并在本周早些时候缅因州的一次竞选活动中指责加拿大，称他们提出了“不合理的最后一刻要求”
在周三的电台采访中，总统也提出了他本周的呼吁将安大略湖重新命名为“美国湖”他补充说，也许他“不是”在开玩笑，指出他更名为墨西哥湾就像去年的“美国海湾”。
＂．．．你看到了安大略湖——你知道，人们以为我在开玩笑。也许我没有，因为你最后看到的是墨西哥湾，美国湾，”特朗普说。
Trump calls Canada 'one of the worst countries' to deal with amid ongoing trade war
President Donald Trump maintained his firm stance amid theongoing U．S．-Canada trade waron Wednesday， repeating his claims that Canada is one of ＂the worst countries＂ in the world to deal with and that they have taken ＂advantage＂ of the U．S． during a radio interview with conservative host Glenn Beck．
＂Look， I don＇t know how you feel about Canada． They are one of the worst countries in the world to deal with，＂ Trump said， remarking on negotiating with the Canadians．
Negotiations between Canada and the U．S． broke down over the weekend and a fresh round of 50% U．S． tariffs on some Canadian goods took effect on Saturday， leading Canada to retaliate with a set of its own levies．
＂They take advantage of us as though they were a state， and they＇re not a state，＂ Trump added．
The president then mentioned the ＂good deal＂ with Canada last week， which fell apart just before the deadline．
＂I had a deal that was a pretty good deal， you know， quite good， because they＇re afraid that I won＇t do any business． In other words， we won＇t trade． They don＇t have anything that we have to have． OK， we can get by，＂ Trump said． ＂I mean， there are a couple of things that would make it a little inconvenient， but we can get them elsewhere． And it＇s time to teach Canada you can＇t do this anymore．＂
On Tuesday， Trump said in a call with CNN that Canada＇s claim that the U．S． added more conditions to their agreement in the final hours of negotiations ＂sounds like＂ him， seeming to confirm the Canadian position． He later added， according to CNN， that he doesn＇t ＂deny anything＂ when pressed on whether he denies the Canadian＇s claims．
Those comments from Trump contradict what some in his own administration， including Vice President JD Vance， have said about the collapse of the talks． Vance has insisted that it was Canada who was at fault for the talks falling apart， pinning the blame on Canada during a campaign stop in Maine earlier this week， saying they were making ＂unreasonable last-minute demands．＂
During his radio interview on Wednesday， the president also brought up his call this week torename Lake Ontario as ＂Lake America．＂He added that maybe he ＂wasn＇t＂ joking about it， pointing to the fact that herenamed the Gulf of Mexicoas ＂Gulf of America＂ last year．
＂．．． You saw the Lake Ontario -- you know， people thought I was kidding． Maybe I wasn＇t because the last one you saw was the Gulf of Mexico， Gulf of America，＂ Trump said．
