After sitting together with Prime Minister Mark Carney during Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey, U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t letting up on his threat to tariff Canada over wildfire smoke.
Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night, Trump said he has a good relationship with Carney, but the fires need to stop.
He said the fires are poisoning U.S. air, and that maybe Canada should pay damages, or the U.S. should impose tariffs.
CBC guest Lori Daniels — UBC forestry professor and vocal climate change believer — just dropped some rare inconvenient common sense on CBC:
"I'd really love to see us diversify our forest management for resilience… and use fire to fight fire in good ways."She went on:… pic.twitter.com/lhPBi27JCe
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) July 19, 2026
