President of the United States Donald Trump during a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminded him of the burning of the White House in 1814. A telephone conversation was devoted to the introduction of duties on steel and aluminum. Trudeau considered this action impudent and asked to cancel the restrictions, but for some reason Trump remembered the story, the CBC television channel. "Did not you guys burn the White House?
" - said the politician. The Canadian prime minister could not answer this. During the Anglo-American War in 1814, British troops burned the White House. In this case, the territory of Canada was a colony of Great Britain and also participated in an armed conflict. Earlier, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the decision of the US administration to introduce from June 1 customs duties on imports of steel and aluminum products from the European Union, Canada and Mexico.