# Donald Trump mistakes Bank of Canada for a retail bank

https://mins.news/en/item/42657

- CBC News, 2026-09-02 20:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-president-donald-trump-bank-of-canada-9.7329878?cmp=rss

> U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to suggest that the Bank of Canada was a commercial bank with branches south of the border, rather than a Crown corporation based in Canada.

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