republicans on capitol hill are scratching their heads at president donald trump and his aides for their blistering attacks on one of the most trusted us allies i dont know what happened exactly obviously something happened gop sen john kennedy of louisiana told reporters late monday following the g7 meeting canadas prime minister justin trudeau announced that canada will not be pushed around by the us with its decision to slap tariffs on some imports from canada and other countries at a press conference saturday trudeau said he had highlighted that canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on our steel and aluminum industry for canadians who stood shoulder to shoulder with american soldiers in faroff lands and conflicts from the first world war onward its kind of insulting trudeau said the prime minister also said canada would move forward with retaliatory measures on july 1 applying equivalent tariffs to the ones that americans have unjustly applied to us it is not something we relish doing but it is something that we absolutely will because canadians were polite were reasonable but we also will not be pushed around trudeau said over the weekend director of the us national economic council larry kudlow on cnn accused trudeau of betrayal and said he stabbed us in the back while white house trade policy director peter navarro told fox news sunday that theres a special place in hell for the canadian prime minister i understand a special place in hell but i dont understand the context in which it was said sometimes people disagree i dont think that makes you go to hell i hope not kennedy quipped you know i will say ive seen some of the reporting on the various comments and i have to note that im pretty sure that circles of hell are not reserved for canadians proposing retaliatory tariffs sen ted cruz of texas said south dakota gop sen mike rounds told reporters hed like to know the rest of the story of what went on between trump and trudeau that there must have been some sort of a violation of trust there had to be an agreement someplace that the president clearly felt other members had clearly violated or at least the prime minister had violated rounds said i dont know what it might be but the message that the president sent was so strong to one of our allies that i really dont understand why they would do that unless he truly felt that there had been a violation of trust rounds admitted the bitter war of words wasnt the best thing for a healthy relationship i think any time you have this type of a public display that allows for separation between us and our allies thats not a healthy thing rounds said but once again we dont know the rest of the story and id like to hear about it not coming