Trump gafa with Trudeau: Didn't Canada burn down the White House?

The head of the Canadian government has criticised Trump's decision on trade tariffs, considering them unfair and called them a disgrace. But Trump has responded to him with a battle of more than 200 years against the northern neighbour.

During a phone call last month to discuss steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada's prime minister, Trudeau, reportedly asked how Trump could justify new obligations on national security grounds.

In response quoted by CNN, Trump said: “did you not burn the White House? The White House did not respond to a comment request, and Canadian officials refused to comment on the case.

The White House was burned by British troops in 1814 as part of a failed mid-Atlantic invasion more than 50 years before the signing of the Canadian confederacy that paved the way for modern Canada.

Although the British successfully took Washington and burned most of the city, they failed to reach their main goal of obtaining Baltimore.

Canada was a great battlefield during the conflict known as the 1812 war.

Trump's comments come at a time of mounting tensions between the US and Canada, just before the US president unilaterally announced the increase of tariffs without the approval of Congress, citing national security needs.

The border between the United States and Canada has been deilitarised for two centuries.

Trump's reasoning on new tasks has provoked outrage among Canadians.