'Stop doing memes': Carney hits back at Trump admin as trade war intensifies

US-Canada trade talks coallpsed in AugustCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday (local time) hit back at the US, saying it should “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough,” as he pushed back against a fresh wave of online barbs from the Trump administration, days after trade talks between the two sides collapsed.Carney also said trade talks could resume if Washington became “serious” about negotiations.“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions. It’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy,” he told reporters.The Canadian premier described the US approach in the talks as one that would have left Canadian industries effectiv