{"id":221526,"date":"2026-08-22T02:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/jd-vance-reportedly-mocks-carney-for-trying-to-out-tough-trump-on-trade-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T02:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:09:15","slug":"jd-vance-reportedly-mocks-carney-for-trying-to-out-tough-trump-on-trade-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/jd-vance-reportedly-mocks-carney-for-trying-to-out-tough-trump-on-trade-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to \u2018out-tough\u2019 Trump on trade – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Audio recording of US vice-president apparently made at New York fundraiser and shared with Canadian Press
Leaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-president, JD Vance, mocking Canada for apparently capitulating in a trade deal and taunting the prime minister, Mark Carney<\/a>, for trying to \u201cout-tough\u201d Donald Trump.
The recording, which was reportedly made at a fundraiser and shared with the Canadian Press<\/a>, comes in the last stretch of a difficult negotiation in which the US president has threatened to impose 50% tariffs on Canada.
According to the Canadian Press, Vance is heard in the audio telling a room of supporters in Southampton, New York, that Carney is a \u201cvery sweet guy\u201d and that he gets along with him well. But he also says Carney \u201ccomes in and puffs his chest out and says: \u2018I\u2019m going to, like, out-tough Donald Trump.\u2019\u201d
Vance says: \u201cIt\u2019s hilarious because Carney presents this as some victory for Canada<\/a> when fundamentally, like, they climb down on a lot of issues.\u201d
The audio is unlikely to help relations between the two delegations at a crucial time. Canadian officials have said a deal is close that is likely to include Canada again allowing US alcohol sales across the country in exchange for avoiding the worst of Trump\u2019s tariffs.
Trump first said he would apply the tariffs from 19 August, but on Tuesday he backed down and announced a three-day pause<\/a>.
The White House said in July that the 50% tariffs were in retaliation for \u201cdiscriminatory treatment\u201d by Canada that included bans on the sale of US alcohol in eight out of 10 provinces and all three territories \u2013 a response in early 2025 to Trump\u2019s first threats of tariffs against Canada.
US producers of wine, beer and spirits have said the boycott has significantly affected their sales. Canadian imports of US alcohol are down about 81% year on year, according to the White House.
The premier of Manitoba, Wab Kinew, and his Nova Scotia counterpart, Tim Houston, confirmed this week that Carney had asked the provinces to return US alcohol to shelves.
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say [Carney] was begging us, but what is a step before begging?\u201d Kinew said on Thursday.
Kinew encouraged Canadians to continue their boycott of US products<\/a> regardless.
\u201cIf we put the booze back on the shelves, don\u2019t buy it \u2026 Buy the Canadian stuff instead,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done an amazing job of sticking together in the face of Donald Trump\u2019s tariff threats and I think we should continue to do that.\u201d
Kinew said he respected Carney for taking on Trump and believed Canada should stand firm in the negotiations.
\u201cI think Donald Trump is weak. America is weaker around the world today than it was a year ago, and he\u2019s about to get slaughtered in the midterms,\u201d he said.
\u201cVery wise people have said you can\u2019t get a good deal with a bad person, and I think that rule applies here, so I think we should fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Audio recording of US vice-president apparently made at New York fundraiser and shared with Canadian PressLeaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-president, JD Vance, mocking Canada for apparently capitulating in a trade deal and taunting the prime minister, Mark Carney, for trying to \u201cout-tough\u201d Donald Trump.The recording, which was reportedly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}