The US President has lost his marbles.
'Very Dangerous': Trump Hits Canada With His Strangest Warning Yet
Ed Mazza
Fri, 30 January 2026 at 12:54 pm SGT
3 min read
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President
Donald Trump on Thursday warned
Canada that
China could force the country to stop playing
hockey.
Trump was asked about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping working to
improve trade cooperation when his answer took a sudden turn.
“It’s very dangerous for them to do that, and it’s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China,” Trump said. “Canada’s not doing well. They’re doing very poorly and you can’t look at China as the answer.”
China and Canada earlier this month
struck a deal to reduce tariffs on canola and electric vehicles, and agreed to work on increasing cooperation.
Trump ― who has long had a tense relationship with Canada ― hasn’t been happy about that,
threatening tariffs of up to 100% against Canada, and lashed out again in his Thursday comments.
“I know China very well, I know President Xi, he’s a friend of mine, I know him very well,” Trump said.
“The first thing they’re gonna do is say you’re not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. That’s not good. Canada’s not gonna like that.”
Trump began his return to the White House by pushing for Canada to become a U.S. state. Relations between the two nations have remained tense, and Trump was especially angry after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
received a standing ovation for a speech in Davos urging “middle powers” to stand up to the United States.
Trump responded by
withdrawing an invitation for Canada to join his “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
His latest claim ― that China would somehow force Canada to stop playing one of its two
national sports ― got a chilly reception on X: