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El-Sayed jokes that Canadians apologize in advance, calls tariff war with Canada "insane"
Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, who says he is willing to work with President Trump to end "these stupid tariffs with Canada," joked in a viral clip that anyone picking a tariff war with Canadians, who "preemptively apologize," is in the wrong.
Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has made the trade war with Canada one of his first targets after his midterm victory, and a clip of him joking about Canadians circulated widely on Friday. "Canadians are nice people, like they're the only people who preemptively apologize," El-Sayed told an audience at a stage event. "You meet them and they're like, sorry. You're like, for what? They're like, for whatever I'm going to do that's going to offend you." He concluded, in coarser terms, that whoever picks a tariff war with Canada is the one in the wrong.
In an interview with MS NOW's Morning Joe on Thursday, the Democrat, who defeated Republican Mike Rogers, said he was willing to work with the Trump administration. "If he is interested in working on issues that I want to work on, including stopping these stupid tariffs with Canada, then let's talk about doing that and deliver for the public," he said, CTV News reported.
In a later CNN interview, El-Sayed called the war in Iran, Medicaid cuts and the trade war with Canada signs of "the president's frank failure as a leader." He said the tariff war with Canada was "insane" and "makes zero sense." "There is no economic reason why we are having a tariff war with our biggest trading partner. This has to end."
Michigan's economy is deeply integrated with Canada, particularly in the auto sector. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on auto imports from Canada, excluding content covered by the CUSMA trade deal, and Canada retaliated with its own 25% duties. Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles and parts to 50% on Jan. 1, 2027. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that Canada welcomes "any moves to restore a free-trading arrangement."
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