Reading from handwritten notes during an Oval Office signing for an unrelated memorandum, Trump called Canada's actions a "disgrace" and said the Canadian measures have hurt dairy farmers in Wisconsin and NY.
Trump launched his broadside after a brewing trade spat that has seen the United States dairy lobby accuse Canada of "systemic disregard" of its trade obligations, while the Canadian industry accused its American rival of "scapegoating".
The billionaire added that "we can't let Canada or anybody else take advantage, and do what they do to our workers and to our farmers".
"[NAFTA] has been very, very bad for our companies and for our workers, and we're going to make some very big changes or we are going to get rid of NAFTA for once and for all", Mr Trump said on Tuesday.
According to President Trump, Canada's dairy industry is "disgraceful" and has forced dairy farmers in NY and Wisconsin to go out of business.
Trump made his, apparently unplanned, remarks from the Oval Office before signing a presidential memorandum directing his Department of Commerce to investigate the national security implications of importing foreign-made steel.
Reforming the North American Free Trade Agreement was a central campaign promise while Trump was running for President.
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The city had two high-profile dog mauling deaths in 2014 - one of a 7-month-old boy, the other of a 57-year-old woman. The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office arrested him and he was taken to the hospital and then the jail, Bright said.
Trump did not go into detail about his concerns, but promised his administration would call the Canadian government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and demand an explanation.
In other words, milk appears to be bringing the Republican president and the nation's top Democrat together after months of acrimony between the two men on issues such as health care, immigration and the release of Trump's tax returns.
Ironically, Trump's comments came only hours after Trudeau praised the president's willingness to listen to reason. Trump says Canada has been "very, very unfair". "The U.S.is the elephant".
"We can all agree that it is critical to level the playing field for our hardworking dairy farmers and make sure our Canadian neighbors rescind their unfair policy and again play by the rules", Schumer said. Trump said it has put farmers in Wisconsin and NY state out of business. "I think they need to look within their own industry in terms of how they could better respond to the marketplace that they are in", said Weins.
"This has been an issue for a very long time, Trump or no Trump", she said.
The U.S. -Canadian dispute has spread to Minnesota, where officials say 19 dairy farms are affected, according to The Associated Press. The former Harper government held such proposals at bay, but Trudeau campaigned on pushing them, he said. "Let's not pretend we're in a global free market when it comes to agriculture". We have a supply management system that works very well here in Canada.
Trudeau said he wants to have a fact-based conversation with the Americans, noting the USA - like other countries - subsidizes its dairy and agriculture industries to the tune of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars.
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