WASHINGTON – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wanted to make a friendly wager with President Donald Trump: The Toronto Blue Jays would beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, Carney confidently predicted.
But the bet never got made. Trump never returned his call.
“I think he’s afraid to make a bet – he doesn’t like to lose,” Carney joked while visiting the Blue Jays at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Thursday, Oct. 23, the eve of the World Series opener.
Before the end of the day, though, Trump had sent his own message to Canada – not about baseball, but about tariffs.
In an angry message posted on social media, Trump announced he was ending trade negotiations with Canada over a television ad that he claimed had made misleading statements about tariffs. Trump argued the ad aimined to influence the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to take up a case that could decide the fate of his sweeping tariffs on imported goods.
