President Donald Trump says Canada's support for a Palestinian state will make any trade deal between Washington and Ottawa "very hard."

President Trump is tossing cold water on hopes for a new US-Canada trade deal, just as a deadline looms for higher American tariffs. At issue, per the Washington Post: Canada's decision to back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this September,

The idea that Trump would use tariffs as a political weapon against a country like Canada who chooses to speak out on the horrors in Gaza is absolutely insane,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders on Trump taunting Canada after it backed Palestinian statehood.