
Trump to Trudeau: ‘Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?’
President Trump falsely claimed Canada burned down the White House during the War of 1812 while on a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month, CNN reported on Wednesday.
It is not clear from the report whether Trump was joking.
According to CNN, on May 25, Trump and Trudeau were discussing the Trump administration imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada.
Trump says the tariffs are a matter of national security, something Trudeau reportedly contested during the phone call, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.
"Didn't you guys burn down the White House?" Trump reportedly said in response.
Trump was apparently referring to the War of 1812, when the White House and much of Washington, D.C., was burned by the British.
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