The resigning Canadian Prime Minister reacted to the words of Donald Trump who threatens to use the “economic force” of the United States against Canada while evoking the idea of making the country the 51st American state.
Canada will “never back down from threats” from Donald Trump and will never be part of the United States, Canadian authorities said Tuesday after the president-elect threatened to use “economic force” against Canada.
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“President-elect Trump’s comments demonstrate a total incomprehension of what makes Canada a strong country. We will never back down in the face of threats,” Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared on X. Shortly after, resigning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added: “Never, ever, will Canada be part of the United States.”
Concerning Canada, in the midst of a political transition since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, Donald Trump has ruled out sending the army. But he threatened to use “economic force” after asserting the day before that it was in the country’s interest to become the American “51st state”.
Several outings on the extension of the American territory
“It would really be something to get rid of this artificially drawn line,” he said about the American-Canadian border, before detailing his grievances against the big neighbor to the North, accused of profiting cheaply from very expensive military protection from the United States.
Already during his first term, the Republican had developed a speech presenting the allies of the United States as profiteers whom he was going to bring back into line, juggling as he did on Tuesday, between ambiguity and provocation.
It is impossible to say at this stage whether Donald Trump, who will become the 47th American president on January 20, is seriously considering increasing the territory of the United States, including by using the army, or whether these resounding sorties only serve to establish a balance of power to obtain economic or political concessions.
