Rod Stewart brutally mocks Donald Trump with savage lyric change during live performance

Rock star Rod Stewart has made a jibe towards US President Donald Trump during one of his Canada shows.

Performing at Toronto's Budweiser Stage, Rod was singing 'I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor when he decided to hit back at Trump, replacing some of the lyrics with his own chosen words.

For example, he sang: "We spent so many nights thinking how you did us wrong, we've banded all together, your tariff made us strong."

As well as referring to Trump's comments about making Canada part of the US: "You know you're not so great, there's not a snowball's chance in hell we'll be your 51st state.

"We have all we really need, we will live without your greed, we will survive.

"... 51st state my f*****g a**!"

Last week, Trump explained that he does not expect to reach a trade deal with Canada, as the 1 August deadline looms.

Rod was performing in Canada when he made the comments (Mathew Tsang/Getty Images)

"We haven't really had a lot of luck with Canada," he said on Friday (25 July).

"I think Canada could be one where there's just a tariff, not really a negotiation."

Trump previously said that Canada will face a 35 percent goods tax if a deal is not reached in the next few days.

Canada, on the other hand, says it has no plans to be rushed into an agreement and will not accept a poor deal.

When the tariffs were first announced earlier this year, Ontario announced a 25 percent charge on electricity going into the States.

At the time, Premier Doug Ford said: "If the US escalates, I will not hesitate to shut off electricity completely."

Trump called it an 'abusive threat' and wrote on social media: "Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff."

Trump announced the tariffs earlier this year (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

He later added that 'the only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear.'

However, politicians in Canada have said this will never be a reality.

Rod and Trump were once friends (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Rod meanwhile, although admitting he used to be mates with Trump, has said he no longer considers him a friend.

Speaking to Radio Times, he said: "I'm not a great fan of Trump. I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house.

"I live literally half a mile away... We're both on the beach. I used to go to his Christmas parties. He's always been a bit of a man's man. I liked him for that.

"But he didn't, as far as I'm concerned, treat women very well. But since he became President, he became another guy. Somebody I didn't know."