# Abdul El-Sayed slams Trump’s tariff war with Canada

https://mins.news/en/item/134044

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-07 20:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/7/abdul-el-sayed-slams-trumps-tariff-war-with-canada?traffic_source=rss

> Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed criticised Trump’s trade war with Canada, warning that higher costs on Canadian goods would be borne by US consumers. He mocked the tariffs on Pod Save America, days after becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.

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