At a rally on Saturday, former U.S. President Donald Trump gave a shoutout to the truckers' convoy in Ottawa protesting COVID-19 well being measures.
Trump praised the convoy members for "doing extra to defend American freedom than our personal leaders by far."
"We wish these nice Canadian truckers to know that we're with all of them the way in which," he advised a crowd of supporters in Conroe, Texas.
Trump additionally slammed U.S. President Joe Biden for his administration's vaccine mandates affecting federal contractors, giant companies, well being employees and the army.
Hundreds of truckers and supporters rolled into Ottawa on Saturday for a rally on Parliament Hill. The motion initially started in response to cross-border vaccine mandates affecting truck drivers however has since grown right into a wider protest towards COVID-19 public well being measures typically.
The protest at Parliament Hill was additionally lined prominently on conservative media shops within the U.S., reminiscent of Fox Information and Newsmax TV.
The previous president wasn't the one Trump member of the family to endorse the convoy. Donald Trump Jr. additionally expressed his help for the convoy in a video posted to Fb on Tuesday, saying "We have to see extra of this right here within the U.S."
Different distinguished people which have lent their help for the protest internationally embrace Tesla CEO Elon Musk, podcaster Joe Rogan and comic Russell Model.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Conroe, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle by way of AP)
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