President-elect Donald Trump suggested that his proposed tariffs contributed to the Canadian prime minister's resignation.
Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about making Canada the US’ ‘51st state.’ This, despite Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeatedly and publicly shooting down such a notion. But did Trudeau actually offer to trade Trump certain parts of Canada in exchange for Vermont or California?
Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support from both within his party and in the country.
In a post to Truth Social on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump suggested that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew "many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State" and the tariff policies Trump said he would enforce, leading to Trudeau's resignation announcement earlier today.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once again dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks suggesting Canada could become the 51st state of the United States.
Trudeau announced he will not lead the Liberal Party into the next election after weeks of politicians from all stripes calling for him to resign.
The resignation comes as US president-elect Donald Trump continues to troll Justin Trudeau, calling him "governor" and referring to Canada as the "51st state" in a succession of social media posts
Donald Trump has shared a distorted map showing Canada as part of the United States. "Oh Canada!” the president-elect wrote on Truth Social alongside a picture of a distorted US map.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse into President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments about annexing Canada. During an MSNBC interview Thursday, Trudeau revealed that the matter of annexation came up as a topic of discussion during his visit with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in November.
Justin Trudeau says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump kicked the tires on the potential annexation of Canada during their recent meeting in Florida, but the topic was quickly dropped when the prime minister countered with a request for two states.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that he jokingly suggested trading Vermont or California to President-elect Donald Trump in response to Trump's interest in annexing Canada.