Trump Urges Canadian Companies to Move to U.S. to Escape Tariffs

Trump calls on Canadian firms doing business with America to relocate immediately, promising no tariffs for companies that move back to the United States.

First Published: August 30, 2026, 2:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, urged Canadian companies doing business with America to relocate to the United States immediately, promising they would face no tariffs if they moved.

Trump framed the appeal as a direct incentive tied to his trade agenda, telling firms that a move back to American soil would spare them from import duties. He blamed prior American leadership for driving those companies out years ago.

“When you move back, there are no TARIFFS,” Trump wrote, casting the offer as a reversal of past policy that he said pushed businesses to leave.

The push connects to a broader trade dispute between the two neighboring nations that has escalated in recent weeks according to The New York Times.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Let all Canadian Companies that are doing business with America move to the United States, immediately. Many of them are Companies that moved out years ago due to stupid U.S. Leadership. When you move back, there are no TARIFFS! Trump” on August 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM ET.

This is Trump’s 17th message released today, and the last post was 10 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 14 of his 654 posts over the last 30 days classified as Tariffs posts.

President Donald J. Trump urged Canadian companies to move to the United States at Washington D.C.

Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has long tied tariffs to his economic message according to The Guardian. His protectionist trade policies during his first term included tariffs on aluminum, steel, and other products according to whitehousehistory. The Trump administration also renegotiated trade agreements with Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, and South Korea during that period according to whitehousehistory.

The latest appeal lands as trade tensions with Canada have intensified. Reporting has described a collapse in U.S.-Canada talks and higher tariffs threatened on Canadian exports according to The New York Times. Coverage has also noted that U.S. tariffs could price Canadian firms out of the American market and threaten thousands of jobs according to nytimes.

Trump replaced NAFTA with the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during his first administration according to whitehouse.gov. He entered public life after a career in real estate development in New York City, following his father into the business according to trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Trump won a second term in the 2024 election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris and winning 312 electoral votes according to whitehousehistory.

The president has repeatedly cast tariffs as a tool to stimulate American manufacturing, a theme he carried into his 2024 campaign according to whitehousehistory. His messaging on truthsocial has continued to press that argument, framing the relocation of Canadian companies as a benefit of his trade stance.