Canadian Premier Calls Trump’s Wildfire Criticism ‘Absolutely Unacceptable’
19th July 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said U.S. criticism of Canadian efforts to stop the “terrible scenario” of spreading forest fires in his province and choking smoke across a broad swath of the United States was “absolutely unacceptable.”
Fortunately, our criticisms are not subject to your acceptance. ‘Unacceptable’ is a term used by a superior to a subordinate, and reflects an absurdly over-inflated notion of the speaker’s importance.