White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday he was hopeful a dispute with Canada over accusations of the deadly fentanyl opioid entering the U.S. across its northern border could be resolved by the end of March.
His comments on ABC News’s “This Week” raise the possibility that tariffs due to be reimposed by U.S. President Donald Trump at the end of the month could be stayed further.
In reality, Canada is responsible for a minuscule proportion of drug smuggling into the United States and it wasn’t immediately clear what progress Hassett was referring to.
Democratic U.S. Senator Adam Schiff from California, who appeared after Hassett on ABC, called the adviser’s comments “incomprehensible.”
Like a mature adult who wants to explore all options to avoid harm to his country. That’s not a sign of “weakness.”
And that would make sense if negotiating with a rational person…
Do you think trump is a normal president that will listen to logic and facts?
Because buddy…
I don’t know where you and Trudeau have been the last checks notes decade to still think that. Hell, even before his entrance in politics, it wasn’t exactly surprising.
We didn’t lose anything by trying. We made no significant concessions that we now have to draw back.
It legitimized his rhetoric and emboldened him…
Now Canada has admitted an imaginary problem exists and has taken steps to stop something that isn’t happening.