Trudeau’s comments came amid escalating tensions with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently targeted the Canadian Prime Minister with jibes and taunts. In his latest social media post, Trump referred to Trudeau as the “Governor of the Great State of Canada,†revisiting his earlier joke that Canada could become the 51st state of the United States. The comment, originally made during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, resurfaced as Trump doubled down, suggesting that statehood might be Canada’s best option to survive the potential devastation of his proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.
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