Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Tuesday referred to Canadian Top Minister Justin Trudeau as “governor,” because the senator defended President Trump’s price lists in opposition to the neighbor to the north.
In an interview on CNN’s “The Arena,” Mullin urged the price lists had been important to stem the “flow of illegal activity coming across our northern, our southern border.”
“We’d love to have Governor Trudeau work with us on the northern border and help solve that issue,” Mullin added. “We would love to have Mexico work with us and solve that issue.”
CNN anchor Kasie Hunt pressed Mullin on his use of the identify “governor,” noting that Trump has used that tactic to mock the Canadian chief and publicly muse about making Canada the 51st state.
“It was intentional, 100 percent, Kasie,” Mullin stated, when requested if he intended to make use of that identify. “It was 100 percent intentional.”
The interview comes as Trump’s 25 p.c price lists on Canada have taken impact, environment in movement retaliatory measures via the shut U.S. best friend.
Within the interview, Mullin stated the commercial ache that the price lists may deliver on his constituents however stated it is important to stay the rustic protected.
“This isn’t about just imposing tariffs because we want to. It’s that they’re allowing illegal activities to flow from their countries into our country, and we’re asking them to help, and they’re not willing to help,” Mullin stated. “And this is President Trump’s agenda. When he said he’s putting America first, this is part of it.”
“Now, does it hurt our homes? Does it hurt our finances? Does it hurt our communities? Yes, but we understand that we need to get America back on track, and we got to stop the criminal activity,” he added.
