Prime Minister Justin Trudeau strongly refuted U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that Canada should become a U.S. state. Trudeau stated that there's 'no chance' of Canada joining the U.S., marking his most assertive response to Trump's repeated claims. Trump, during a press conference, reiterated his stance on making Canada a U.S. state and stated that the U.S. doesn't need anything Canada trades with, despite Canada being the U.S.'s biggest trading partner.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday there “isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States” after U.S. president-electTrump, in a wide-ranging press conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with less than two weeks before he takes office, said “we don’t need anything” that Canada trades with the U.S., again repeating comments about making Canada a U.S. state.
Asked if he was considering the same to “annex and acquire Canada,” Trump responded, “No — economic force.” “We’re doing it because of habit, and we’re doing it because we like our neighbours and we’ve been good neighbours, but we can’t do it forever,” he said.“We are a proud people with a heroic past and a brilliant future,” he told reporters at the time.
“If you’re going to have a country and a regular military, you’re at four per cent,” Trump said. The U.S. currently spends 3.38 per cent on defence.Canada, which currently spends 1.37 per cent of GDP on defence, currently projects to reach 1.76 per cent by 2030. The governmentNATO allies, including the U.S. under the Biden administration and during Trump’s first term, have for years criticized Canada for not meeting the two-per cent target.
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