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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that US President Donald Trump intends to “absorb” Canada.
During an interview with the American channel Fox News before the start of the Super Bowl Lix, US President Donald Trump said that he seriously wants Canada to become the 51st state of the United States. He has repeated an intention which he has expressed regularly since the end of November.
Trump replied: Yes, it’s true When the Bret Bare Baier asked him if his idea of annexing Canada is good real.
The president says that Canada would go better If he was an American state.
He again claimed that the United States pay $ 200 billion per year to their neighbor in the North and that he would agree to subsidize Canada if it was an American state, an apparent reference to the trade deficit between the two countries.
According to Statistics Canada, Canada’s overall trade surplus with the United States was 94.4 billion in 2023, mainly due to oil exports.
During the interview with Fox News, Trump also said that Canada and Mexico did not take enough measures to avoid the customs tariffs it threatens to impose. No, it’s not enoughhe said.
“No plan to invade Canada,” says Mike Waltz
I don’t think there is a plan to invade Canadasaid Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s national security advisor, earlier on Sunday on Meet The Press, broadcast on NBC News. However, he added that the United States wants Reaffirm their leadership From the Arctic to the Panama Canal.
Having asked whether the United States intends to annex Canada, Mr. Waltz first replied, mentioning that many Canadians are not happy with the last ten years of liberal and progressive governance of (Justin) Trudeau. He then clarified that he Don’t believe there is a plan to invade Canada.
The national security advisor, however, explained that the United States intends to Reaffirm their leadership in the western hemisphere, from the Arctic to the Panama Canal. This is what we are currently witnessinghe said during an interview with host Kristen Welker.
