BREAKING: Justin Trudeau does CNN hit, denies he resigned due to Trump, blames Canadian discontent on 'right-wing attacks,' 'disinformation'

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on CNN for an interview Thursday evening, claiming that Trump’s win in the November election was not a factor in his decision to resign and blamed discontent from his citizens on "right-wing attacks" and "disinformation."  

Jake Tapper asked Trudeau whether the election of Trump played "any role at all in your decision to resign as leader of your party and prime minister," to which Trudeau replied, "No, on the contrary."

"What we were able to do during the first presidency of Mr. Trump was work together, you know, in a very challenging situation to come out with a very strong win-win and Canada-US relations with the renegotiation of the USMCA. It is a great deal for both of our countries. We’ve seen trade grow, we’ve seen opportunities grow, we’ve seen wealth grow in both of our countries for workers, for businesses. 

"Working together concretely is something that we’ve been able to do in the past and I'm looking forward to continuing to work with him for the next 2 months while I'm still in office."

Tapper told Trudeau, "the struggle that you were having domestically, your disapproval rating, had to do with, as I understand it, discontent with your government because of high inflation and the economy and also because of immigration policies. Those are also issues that the left-wing party in this country has faced a lot of disapproval of and jsut lost an election over. It seems like voters in both of these, you know, liberal democracies are sending a message to left-wing parties, liberal parties, we don’t like how you’re going the economy, when it comes to inflation. We don’t like how you’re doing immigration."

Trudeau responded that "there’s a lot of feelings involved." He said that "inflation in Canada was lower, came back quicker, our economy bounced back faster after the pandemic than anyone else’s including the United States. We’re projected to grow faster than the United States and all other G7 countries next year. Our economy is doing very well."

"But when someone’s paying $8 for a head of lettuce, it doesn't matter that you're doing better than they are in Spain or somewhere else. There is a sense that, okay, something's gotta give, and that's where incumbents are in trouble everywhere across the — everywhere around the world, not just in our two countries."