Oh noes! Not the MEMES!
Carney on Tuesday blasted the officials for 'trying to be tough' and urged them to 'start being serious' about discussions to end the trade war.
Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America last week, escalating tensions between the two nations with no end to the dispute in sight.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday night posted an image from a cadet training center in British Columbia showing a teenage girl receiving a medal from a female instructor with the caption: 'This is real.'
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy meanwhile dismissed Canada as 'a country that doesn't have a military' during an appearance on Fox News Sunday on August 23.
Asked about the attacks by Trump cabinet secretaries, Carney told reporters 'it's beneath their office.'
'There's a positive opportunity that has always existed with the United States for a mutually beneficial trade deal that respects Canadian sovereignty,' the PM said.
'When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions.'