In a game of chicken with President Trump, Ontario Premier Doug Ford blinked first.
The populist politician, 60, backed down from a 25% energy surcharge ahead of talks with the US — after threatening to “shut off electricity completely” if the trade war escalated on Sunday.
Ford has drawn comparisons to President Trump, 78, in recent months, especially with his uncompromising response to the war of words between Washington and Ottawa.
Ford, the brother of the late notorious crack-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, has used robust Trump-like language in the wake of the ratcheting up of tensions between the US and Canada, which has seen Trump brand former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “Governor Trudeau” and refer to the country as the “51st state,” not to mention raising tariffs on Canadian metals to 50%.
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