The president-elect did not campaign for the presidency on annexing Canada, but since winning the election, he has regularly aired the idea of making Canada 'the 51st state'.
US president-elect Donald Trump's threat to turn the world's second-largest country, Canada, into part of the United States by means of 'economic force' represents the most serious threat to Canadian sovereignty since the War of 1812. That conflict, fought over the course of three years, saw the Americans mount 10 separate land incursions into Canada before a peace treaty was ratified in 1815.
The outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped his ineffectual charm offensive with these words on X: 'There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.' The leaders of the country's other main parties have also released statements in defence of Canadian sovereignty.
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