VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-25
“things got a little heated”
Doug Ford · said 2026-08-25 · reported 2026-08-25
Ford acknowledged in a CNN interview that rhetoric between the US and Canada had escalated after he had called Trump a loser the day before.
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