‘No military force but…’: Trump on strategy to make Canada 51st US State, Trudeau says ’not a snowball’s chance’
Live MintUS President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would only use "economic force" and not military force against Canada. 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.” "But here's the problem with Canada, so many friends up there, I love the Canadian people.but we spend hundreds of billions to protect it," he said. Canadian PM hits back Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hit back at Trump over his recent comments about using “economic force” to annex Canada. He posted on X: “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.” More than 80% of Canadians are opposed to the idea, according to a recent poll.