Trump blames Canada for New York smoke - "Costs of fire damage will be added to trade tariffs"
US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized Canada for the massive wildfires that have blanketed large areas of the United States with a thick layer of smoke, declaring that the cost of pollution will be included in existing tariffs on Canada. Calling the situation “totally unacceptable,” Trump accused Ottawa of not taking the necessary measures to address the causes of the fires in Canada. The smoke from these fires has significantly worsened air quality, bringing it to dangerous levels in some of the largest American cities in recent days.
The billions of dollars in costs to the United States as a result of air pollution “must necessarily be added to the tariff that Canada is currently paying,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Canada is responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their forests and bushland and the United States is being needlessly invaded by polluted and unhealthy air,” Trump continued.
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a post on X earlier, said the fires have “escalated significantly” in recent weeks, particularly in northwestern Ontario, where thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. Meanwhile, on the eve of the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, Trump traveled to New York on Friday to attend a FIFA reception at Trump Tower.
Scientists have warned that human-induced climate change is leading to more wildfires and other extreme weather events. Shortly after Trump posted about Canada on Social Truth, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration in recent months has taken steps to dismantle government laboratories that study wildfire smoke and its effects.
Lee Zeldin, who heads the US Environmental Protection Agency, said that "the impacts of the fires in Canada are causing great concern and damage across the United States. The agency is in communication with Canadian leaders and we would strongly encourage them to do everything possible to extinguish these fires as quickly as possible," Zeldin wrote in a post on X.
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