The Ontario premier is now a ubiquitous presence on US cable news as he pushes back against US tariffs on Canadian goods while telling Americans that “Canada is not for sale” in the face of Trump’s threat to turn it into the 51st state.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and President Trump traded more barbs over their escalating tariff war Thursday — with Ford vowing to “never roll over” to America’s demands and Trump insisting the US’s northern neighbor would be better off as the 51st state.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a regular on major US networks where he has addressed Americans directly, was among the first in Canada to pull US alcohol off the shelves as a trade wa