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Trump’s Goal in Trade War Is to Annex Canada, Trudeau Says
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0:20Now PlayingUS President Donald Trump’s objective is to destroy Canada’s economy so he can annex the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a fiery news conference about the start of a trade war between the countries.
Trump put the tariffs in place on Tuesday, saying Canada and Mexico have not done enough to crack down on drug trafficking. But in Canada’s case, that’s just a pretext for tariffs the US president planned to impose anyway, Trudeau said.
“The excuse that he’s giving for these tariffs today of fentanyl is completely bogus, completely unjustified, completely false,” Trudeau said. “What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy because that’ll make it easier to annex us.”
Trump has repeatedly said that Canada can avoid tariffs if it becomes the 51st US state. Canadian officials initially dismissed the remark as a joke, but it took on a more menacing tone in January when Trump pledged to use “economic force” to overtake the country. Trudeau told a group of business leaders last month that he believes the threat is real.
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