But the crisis for Canada’s economy intensified when the war between Ukraine and Russia began to drag on. Perhaps he failed to anticipate this. The previous day, when he went to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, Trump had mocked him by calling him the governor of the 51st state of America and now, after his resignation, he has said again that he is repeating the offer to merge Canada with the US, which shows how much Canadian national politics has lost its prestige and influence. Although the time has been given until March to elect a new leader of the Liberal Party to replace Trudeau, the sooner and more smoothly this process is completed, the better for the party because the challenges before it are looming.
On the other hand, after the announcement of resignation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President-elect Donald Trump has taken a dig at his statement to make Canada the 51st state of the US. Trudeau said that merging a sovereign country with another country is not a child’s play. Trudeau wrote in a post on his ‘X’ account that workers and communities in both countries, i.e. the US and Canada, benefit from being each other’s largest trading and security partners.
On the other hand, when Trump was asked if he would use military force to make Canada his own state, Trump called the border a temporary line and said that removing it would also prove to be good for national security. Trump clarified his point by saying that although the US has no right to claim to merge Canada, the US bears hundreds of billions of dollars in costs (subsidies) for the security and maintenance of Canada as a neighboring country every year. He said that Canadians need to think that if they get so much support from their neighboring country, then why shouldn’t they become a part of it? Commenting on another statement by Trump, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said that Canada’s economy is strong, its citizens are strong and will not back down from any kind of threat.
