Should Americans be worried about Canadians smuggling running shoes across the border?
President Donald Trump reprimanded Canadians for smuggling running shoes purchased in America across the border. Here's what one American couple thinks about his statements.
Michael Ruffolo: President Trump, yesterday, made a statement that Canadians are crossing the border going into America, buying shoes, putting them on, scuffing them up, and then walking across the border. And not paying taxes I guess…
How do you feel about things like that? How do you feel about that statement?
Sue Plum: He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Ray Plum: It sounds like something Trump would do.
Ruffolo: Does it make sense?
Sue: No! Nothing he does makes sense.
Ruffolo: Where are you guys coming from?
Sue: We’ve been on a cruise ship for 7 days, we toured Alaska previous to that. And we’re from New England Connecticut. Connecticut. New England, U.S.A.
Ruffolo: Do you feel like Canada is an economic threat to America with all of its purchasing power?
Sue: Absolutely not.
Ruffolo: Even we’re buying up all of your sneakers?
Sue: No. We want you to buy our sneakers.
Ruffolo: Oh, you want us to buy your sneakers?
Sue: Absolutely!
Ruffolo: Do you believe that Canadians are a threat to the American shoe industry?
Sue: No!
Ruffolo: So are you guys doing some shopping here, I guess?
Sue: We’re just looking around.
Ruffolo: Have you been to the giant open air black market on Robson Square, they have dozens of Nikes that have been previously scuffed up?
Ray: No, not yet.
Ruffolo: We don’t have one, that wasn’t true.
(laughing)
Ruffolo: Were you aware that the word “sneaker” actually refers to Canadians that sneak shoes across the border?
Sue: No.
