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LIVE: Premier Doug Ford joins Canadian American Business Council @cabc_co CEO @MaryscottG for a fireside chat at the @NatlGovsAssoc Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/72lj6J4XbD — Doug Ford (@fordnation) February 7, 2020

The Premier said he “loved” listening to President Donald Trump on the State of the Union address Tuesday.

“I was disappointed when I saw Nancy Pelosi get up there and start tearing the speech up,” Ford said. “That’s uncalled for. I think it’s a shame. It’s a real shame.”

House Speaker Pelosi ripped up a copy of the speech immediately after Trump spoke, and later called the document a “manifesto of mistruths.”

In discussing his pro-business views, Ford said he believes socialism and high taxes don’t work anywhere in the world.

An interviewer said he should share his positions with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

“That’s actually scary,” Ford said of Sanders’ brand of socialism. “It is. It is.”

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Sanders has talked about raising taxes on businesses and the rich, and also in favour of increasing spending on government programs.

The interviewer went on to say the Canadian American Business Council will work with politicians of any stripe but some are more pro-business than others.

Ford said he’ll be welcoming U.S. governors to Toronto in April in an ongoing effort to encourage trade and create jobs.

aartuso@postmedia.com