Ex-US ambassador to Canada: Navarro’s attack on Trudeau ‘unconscionable’

Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman is calling on White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to apologize for saying there is a “special place in hell” for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling the remarks “unconscionable.” 

A Trump Trade Adviser says there’s a special place in hell for Justin Trudeau. Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada @BruceAHeyman says those words are “unconscionable” https://t.co/Bt0U1CXY9D

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) June 11, 2018

“That’s unconscionable. Anybody who represents the United States of America from the White House using that kind of language with any world leader of any type, I think is uncalled for,” Heyman, who served under former President Obama, told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on Monday.

{mosads}”But when you use it with your best friend, your next-door neighbor, your greatest ally, and I think one of your singular best trading partners … it’s completely uncalled for, unprofessional, and I call for, today, an apology,” he continued. 

“I think he should apologize to the prime minister, but more importantly he should apologize to the Canadian public.” 

Heyman’s comments are in response to Navarro slamming Trudeau after the Group of Seven summit last week. 

“There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door,” Navarro told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

“That’s what bad faith Justin Trudeau did with that stunt press conference. That’s what weak, dishonest Justin Trudeau did, and that comes right from Air Force One,” he continued. 

“To my friends in Canada, that was one of worst political miscalculations of a Canadian leader in modern Canadian history.” 

President Trump on Saturday said the U.S. would not sign the G-7 communique, and U.S. officials suggested Trudeau had double-crossed the president by saying one thing in private and another publicly.

“Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!” the president said in a tweet.

Trudeau pushed back on Trump’s tweet, saying the prime minister had been consistent and level with Trump during the summit.

“The Prime Minister said nothing he hasn’t said before — both in public, and in private conversations with the President,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.