Minnesota, along with Michigan and New York, are at risk of getting slapped with a 25% surcharge for electricity from Ontario if President Trump's ongoing tariff war doesn't end by Monday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says when Minnesotans see their energy bills jump significantly in a month, don't call him if they have a problem with it. He urges residents to instead call Gov. Tim Walz, their U.S. representative or Mr. Trump to complain. 

Walz and Ford have reportedly been in talks, with Walz posting to social media earlier this week saying the two sides are trying to find a way through this unnecessary and costly trade war. 

"While the President may not value the partnerships that contribute billions of dollars to our economy, Minnesota does," Walz said.

Ford says they've been left with no choice.

"If we have to, we won't hesitate to increase the charge or shut the electricity off completely," Ford wrote on social media Tuesday.

Ontario is essentially the hub of Canada's economy. And Ford made the media rounds, talking with reporters about Mr. Trump's 25% tax on imports from Canada and Mexico. Mr. Trump on Thursday put those tariffs on hold for one month.

"He said that before and he switched his mind a few days later, a week later. So, once I touch a stove and I get burnt, I don't touch that stove again. He needs to drop all tariffs," Ford said.

Canada pulled back on some of its retaliatory tariffs in response. Ontario, however, is moving forward with its proposed electricity hike, potentially coming on Monday.  

"I have a great relationship with the governors of New York and Michigan and Minnesota. Just got off the phone yesterday with Gov. Walz and what a gentleman he is," Ford said. "I'm going to put a 25% tariff on electricity, the 1.5 million homes and businesses until Monday, until President Trump drops these tariffs. That's the last thing I want to do."

Energy experts said that the tariff will have little impact on Minnesota. Xcel Energy said they don't import electricity or natural gas directly from Ontario, and a spokesman from the Minnesota Rural Electric Association, which represents 1.7 million Minnesotans, said their customers would see little impact. 

Mr. Trump has said he is putting the tariffs in place, in part, to pressure Canada and Mexico into stopping undocumented immigrants and fentanyl from entering the U.S. via their borders. According to Ford, that's a problem Canada is already putting resources into.

"But we've put over 10,000 personnel on our borders. We have fixed-winged aircraft, helicopters, everything. But what he doesn't report is, you know, hundreds of kilos we just apprehended on our border. Just Ontario alone," said Ford. 

Ford went on to say that he agrees with Mr. Trump on tightening the borders and that the Canadian Border Patrol is working hand-in-hand with the U.S. Border Patrol. 

Earlier this week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Trump's move "a very dumb thing to do," and said he would immediately impose a $30 billion counter-tariff on imported U.S. goods, amounting to $155 billion worth of products within the next three weeks.