Trump Tells Canadian Firms to Relocate to US 'Immediately,' Says 'I Don't Want Canadian Anything'

Since trade talks between Washington and Ottawa collapsed and Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts and steel set to begin January 1, 2027, the fight has escalated fast. Canada hit back with retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion of American goods. Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America." And on Saturday, Ontario and GM struck a C$1.1 billion investment deal with the Unifor union to keep production in Canada, according to prior reporting.

On Sunday, Trump escalated again. In back-to-back Truth Social posts, he told Canadian companies doing business with the US to pack up and move south "immediately," promising them zero tariffs if they do.

"Let all Canadian Companies that are doing business with America move to the United States, immediately," Trump wrote, according to Fox Business, The Independent, and multiple other outlets that captured the same posts. "Many of them are Companies that moved out years ago due to stupid U.S. Leadership. When you move back, there are no TARIFFS!"

He followed with a broader attack on Canada as a trading partner. "One of the Worst Abusers is Canada. I don't want Canadian cars, I don't want Canadian parts, I don't want Canadian anything. They've been ripping us off for decades, and it's going to stop," Trump wrote, per Just the News and Fox Business.

The Ford Claim, Again

Trump repeated a claim he's made before: that Ford was preparing to close a Detroit factory when he began his 2024 campaign, and that the plant is now running "24/7" as "one of the most profitable Car Plants in the World" because of his tariff policy. He credited GM as well. None of the sources reviewed here independently verify the plant's current profitability or output figures. It's Trump's own characterization, not a sourced company statement.

Ford itself, according to The Independent, has previously thanked the administration for tariff exemptions on certain vehicle parts. This acknowledgment shows the US auto industry still depends on components built outside American borders, including in Canada.

Canada Isn't Treated Like a State, and Trump Says That's the Problem

Trump also argued Canada wants special treatment it hasn't earned. "They want to be treated like a State, but they aren't one. I deal with the Leadership of many Countries, but I find Canada to be the worst. They are entitled no longer!" he wrote, according to The Mirror and WorldNetDaily.

In a tangent that several outlets flagged, Trump added that "stopping Iran should have happened long ago" in the same post attacking Canada. MEAWW News noted the connection between the two topics was not spelled out.

Economic Realities

The US and Canadian economies are deeply wired together and not easily unwound by a Truth Social post. The Independent cites the US Trade Representative's figure of close to $900 billion in annual cross-border economic activity between the two countries, making Canada the second-largest US trading partner despite Trump calling it one of the worst.

Ontario's move to lock in a C$1.1 billion GM investment with Unifor, rather than watch the automaker flee to the US, contradicts Trump's claim that Canadian businesses are pouring into the United States, which WorldNetDaily quoted Trump making without evidence. Auto supply chains built over decades don't relocate on a tariff deadline, and moving factories costs billions and takes years, regardless of what tariff rate awaits companies that stay put.

How Outlets Covered It

The coverage split along predictable lines. WorldNetDaily and Breitbart repeated Trump's posts largely at face value, including his unverified Ford claim and the AI-generated Lake America video, without independent scrutiny. The Mirror, by contrast, framed the posts as an "unhinged attack," editorializing rather than simply reporting the substance. Fox Business and Just the News stuck closest to a straight relay of the quotes with minimal added context on the economic stakes.

Whether any Canadian company has actually taken Trump up on the offer, or announced plans to relocate operations to the US, since the posts remains unclear. No source identifies a single firm doing so. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney have not issued a direct response to Sunday's demand as of this writing, and the January 1, 2027 tariff deadline remains four months away.