President Donald Trumpfloated the idea that Canada should pay the United States for the reduced air quality brought on by Canadian wildfires.

Trump talked about the situation with reporters Sunday in front of Air Force One.

Trump told reported he had spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about the wildfires, stating the two leaders had a “good” conversation, but he thinks Canadians should do more.

“It went good, but I told him, I mean you gotta stop these fires from coming in and poisoning our air. Our air’s been poisoned,” Trump said. “I have a good relationship with Mark Carney, but you know, we gotta stop the fires up there.”

“If we can help them we’ll help them. But maybe they should pay us some damages or something? Or we should do some tariffs?” the president continued. “But it was terrible. I mean, you had businesses closing — in particular, Michigan. If you look at Detroit, Michigan, they had to close everything. They had to close car plants and a lot of other things.”

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The Detroit Free Press reported last week a “thick, hazy smoke” pushed temperatures into the 100s inside Ford’s Michigan assembly plant, forcing workers to seek medical attention.

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“I’ve never remembered this happening,” Trump said. “Over the last 4-5 years it started to take place. I never remember it happening before.”

Fox News reportedCanada has been dealing with about 850 wildfires, which have led to issues in more than 20 U.S. states in  East Coast and the Midwest.

Trump’s comments come after he threatened to raise tariffs on Canada because of the fires.