Trudeau reverted to Donald Trump’s, “51st state” statement

January 10, Canada: Trudeau reverted to Donald Trump’s, “51st state” statement, where he suggested Trudeau be the governor of the 51st state Recently, Trump suggested imposing 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports unless Ottawa enhances border security, a move Trudeau warned would impact both economies.

In an interview with CNN, Trudeau dismissed Trump’s proposal of the comment he made about Canada being the 51st state of the United States. Trudeau termed Trump’s comments as a distraction for his case. “That’s not gonna happen. Canadians are incredibly proud of being Canadian. One of the ways we define ourselves most easily is – we are not American,” Trudeau said in an interview with CNN. “What I think is happening in this is President Trump, who is a very skillful negotiator, is getting people to be somewhat distracted by that conversation.”

Trump recently suggested imposing 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports unless Ottawa enhances border security, a move Trudeau warned would impact both economies. Trudeau said US consumers would bear the brunt of increased prices if such tariffs were implemented.”Oil and gas and electricity and steel and aluminum and lumber and concrete and everything the American consumers buy from Canada will be suddenly going to get a lot more expensive if he moves forward on these tariffs,” Trudeau said.

Trudeau also referred to Canada’s previous use of counter-tariffs during a 2018 trade dispute, targeting American goods like Heinz ketchup, playing cards, bourbon, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and multiple other brands.

Trudeau stated in the interview,”But we don’t want to do that because it drives up prices for Canadians and it harms our closest trading partner,”

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