A former con-turned Canadian politician plays the tough guy in the trade war with the US, and this week he chuckles President Trump and signed an executive order to remove American liquor from store shelves.
Manitoba Prime Minister Wab Kinuuu, who left drinking after beating a taxi driver in 2004, eventually pivoting into politics over a decade later.
“This order, it's a great order, it's a beautiful order,” Kinue, 43, told the cheering crowd on Tuesday.
Kinow, the frontman of Canadian hip-hop groups Slangblossom and Dead Indians in the 2000s, told the Post that stunts were an attempt to create a light-hearted moment amid the escalating trade war with the US.
“Canadians – we also got a sense of humor,” said Kainf before running for office before being given pardon by the Canadian Parole Board in 2016.
“If he wants to joke about the 51st state, we're going to come back too,” he said of Trump.
Kinew was arrested in 2003 for refusing to take a breath test after being arrested at age 22 after driving his father Dodge Dakota irregularly, court records show. The following year, after an argument with the cab, he left the taxi at a red light, punched the driver in the face, pushing him to the ground and kicking him, the court heard. He was given pardon for both convictions in 2016.
Keene is the only leader to show it as all Canadian provinces ordered that liquor stores quickly removed all alcohol from the shelf, in response to the 25% tariff that came into effect on Tuesday.
That remains despite a month's reprieve that announced Canadian imports on Thursday. Kinew said the pause wasn't enough. The alcohol is gone.
Meanwhile, Cordell Lawrence, of Eastern Light Distillery in Kentucky, says the bourbon industry will be a collateral loss in the trade war.
“We are iconic targets,” he told the post.
