In a post on social media platform X, Eric Trump shared a doctored photo of his father pretending to buy Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal on Amazon.
Since winning the presidential election in November, Donald Trump has continued to refer to Canada as the “51st state.”
On his Truth Social platform, he has also repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of Canada.
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Mr. Trump also threatened Canada with 25% tariffs, sparking discussions at the federal and provincial levels about how best to deal with Mr. Trump's new government.
In response to Trump's threats, the Trudeau Liberal government unveiled a six-year, $1.3 billion spending package to address Trump's threats over border security and the flow of illegal drugs into the states. -United.
Among the other ideas of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump also suggested that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal, which the United States, according to him, “stupidly” ceded to its ally. Central America, saying carriers must pay “ridiculous” fees to use this canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
And after Canada and the Panama Canal, Trump also wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the United States to purchase the world's largest island from Denmark, expanding the list of allied countries he is feuding with even before having officially taken office on January 20.
With information from The Associated Press.
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