Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t realize his mic was still blaring on a speaker — one the media could hear — when shared his thoughts with executives, industry and union leaders about U.S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats.
“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those,” the prime minister said.
“But Mr. Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.”
This is according to reporting from the Toronto Star, which was covering the Canada-U.S. business summit Trudeau convened on Friday.
Trudeau isn’t the first to acknowledge this threat might not be a joke. In fact, Global News just sat down with Trump’s former top aide (and generally repulsive, hateful person) Steve Bannon, who told them the same thing.
Still, it’s one thing to be serious about wanting to do something. It’s another thing entirely to actually pull it off.
As I’ll explain in this report, Trump can try to annex Canada — and like many other things Trump has tried to do, he can fail.
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