Amid continuing rhetoric from US President-elect Donald Trump about making Canada the 51st US state, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said “there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell” that it would happen.
In a rambling press conference, Trump on Tuesday said that he would use “economic force” to deal with Canada.
Since winning the 2024 US presidential election, Trump has been saying that Canada should become the 51st US state if it does not want to be hit with sanctions. He has been frequently mocking Trudeau as “Governor Trudeau” in his social media posts.
Responding to Trump’s expansionist rhetoric, Trudeau said on X: “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.”
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
Trump’s rhetoric about Canada is part of the broader imperialist agenda that Trump has laid bare in recent days. He has said that he would bring the Panama Canal under US control and annex Denmark’s Greenland island. While he ruled out using military force against Canada, he kept the possibility open for the annexation of Panama Canal and Greenland.
When asked if he would rule out military force to annex Panama Canal and Greenland, Trump said, “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this, we need them for economic security.”
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