Donald Trump threatens to use “economic force” against Canada
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The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, maintains that the American president-elect demonstrates “a total incomprehension of what makes Canada a strong country”.
Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to use “economic force” against Canada, after having affirmed the day before that it was in the interest of this ally of the United States to become the “51st state” of America.
Asked whether he would consider using the armed forces to annex Canada, the president-elect responded no, economic strengthbefore adding that Canada was subsidized by the United States for its protection.
If we eliminate the artificially drawn border and see what it looks like, it would also be much better for national securityhe declared during a press conference given Tuesday at his Florida residence in Mar-a-Lago.
On Monday, the day the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was announced, Donald Trump reiterated that Canada should merge with the United States.
At the end of November, Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs of 25% on all products entering the United States through the Canadian and Mexican borders. On January 20, as one of my many first executive orders, I will sign all necessary documents to impose 25% tariffs on ALL products entering the United States on Mexico and Canadawrote the president-elect in a publication on his network, Truth Social.
This tax will remain in effect until drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal immigrants stop this invasion of our country! he added.
Neversays Ottawa
Never, ever, will Canada be part of the United Statesreacted the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, in a publication on X in response to Mr. Trump’s comments. Workers and communities in our two countries benefit from being each other’s greatest trading and security partners.
According to information from Radio-Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau also invited his provincial and territorial counterparts to an in-person meeting on the Canada-United States theme, in Ottawa, next Wednesday.
For her part, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, added, also on President-elect Trump’s comments demonstrate a complete misunderstanding of what makes Canada strong.
