The elected president of the United States, Donald Trumpinsisted this Monday that Canada should become another state of the country and assured that the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, “I knew this” and for this reason he announced his resignation.
“Many people in Canada would LOVE to be the 51st state. The United States can no longer support the huge trade deficits and subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. “Justin Trudeau knew this and resigned,” Trump said on his social network Truth Social.
“If Canada joined the United States, there would be no tariffs, taxes would drop considerably, and they would be COMPLETELY SAFE from the threat of Russian and Chinese ships constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great nation we would be!“added the elected president.
Trump’s proposal that Canada integrate into the United States, which he has been repeating in recent days More like a joke than a real possibility, It has generated discomfort among Canadians, defenders of their sovereignty.
As it later emerged, Trump first expressed this idea during a dinner with Trudeau in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), last November 29.
The president-elect has threatened to impose 25% tariffs to all products from Canada and Mexico if they do not stop the flow of migrants and drugs to the United States, which led Trudeau to visit Mar-a-Lago to try to persuade Trump not to apply these measures.
This Monday, in a press conference, Trudeau announced that he will resign as prime minister after more than nine years in power and that he will also leave the leadership of the Liberal Party.
