President-elect Donald Trump continues his push to make Canada part of the United States.
Speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Trump said he is open to using “economic force” to make it happen.
“Canada and the United States, that would really be something,” the incoming president told reporters.
“You get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks like. And it would also be much better for national security. Don’t forget, we basically protect Canada.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to social media after Trump’s news conference to dismiss the president-elect’s comments.
“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Trudeau said in a post on X.
“Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.”
There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.
Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 7, 2025
The rhetoric from Trump comes as the incoming president threatens 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports unless we beef up border security.
Trump questioned why the United States is even importing a number of products from our country.
“We don’t need the cars, we don’t need the lumber…. We don’t need their dairy products. We have more than they have. We don’t need anything,” he said.
The president-elect said he would not use military force on Canada, but he did not rule out the possibility to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.
