Trudeau says talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is a distraction from more pressing threats of U.S tariffs on Canada and their likely impact.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a launch and naming ceremony for the new Royal Canadian Navy Joint Support vessel HMCS Protecteur at Seaspan Shipyards in North Vancouver, B.C. on Friday December 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Trump has also referred to Canada as the “51st state,” a notion federal cabinet ministers initially played off as a joke but now appear to be taking more seriously. “But people are now talking about that, as opposed to talking about, for example, what the impact of 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum coming into the United States, on energy, whether it’s oil and gas or electricity.”Trudeau says Trump is trying to distract from cost of tariffs with 51st state remarks
As for Trump calling Trudeau a “governor,” Trudeau said: “I have been in politics an awfully long time. I tend to focus on the substantive things, not on people choosing nicknames for me. I mean, if I was that thin-skinned, I probably wouldn’t last that long in politics.”
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