Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, Chrystia Freeland, responded to attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by President Donald Trump's advisors.
Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro, trade advisors to Trump, went on national television on Sunday to criticize the Canadian prime minister for "betraying" the U.S. president.
Freeland, speaking at a press conference on Sunday, said that Canada does not believe that ad hominem attacks are a particularly appropriate or useful way to conduct relations with other countries.
According to a report by CTV, she said that Canada is "very measured" and that the country's officials "use fact-based arguments" to drive home a point.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper also shared his perspective on the trade spat between Canada and the U.S. Harper said that although he could understand the United States wanting better trade relations with countries like China and Mexico, he can't "understand the obsession with trade relations with Canada."
Top European Union official Donald Tusk also took a jab at the officials. Taking to Twitter, he said that there is a "special place in heaven" for Trudeau.
Tusk's comments came shortly after President Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro said there was a "special place in hell" for leaders who betrayed Trump.
