‘Canadians Like It’: Trump Reveals Why He Called Trudeau Governor And Canada 51st State

Last Updated:January 10, 2025, 09:12 IST

Donald Trump has termed Canada as the US’ 51st state on numerous occasions, drawing reactions from PM Justin Trudeau. Trump has now revealed the reason behind calling Trudeau a Governor.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) reiterated his “Canada should be 51st state” remark and said that the people of the North American country like it.

Trump said that he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “Governor” as he thinks Canada should be a US state.

Trump On Why He Called Justin Trudeau Governor

“I called him Governor Trudeau because they should be the 51st state. It really would make a great state. And the people of Canada like it. They’d pay lower taxes,” Trump said in response to a media query.

“They’ve virtually no military. They pay less than 1%. They’re about the lowest payer in NATO, they’re supposed to pay much more. They haven’t been paying. They have a lot of problems,” he added.

Trump, who is all set to take over as the next US President on January 20, has been threatening Canada since November last year. He even made his intentions clear to Justin Trudeau in a dinner meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Recently, Trump said that he would not use the military to annex Canada into the US but “economic force” to do so. He also shared on social media a unified map of the US and Canada painted completely in the US flag.

Trudeau Calls Trump’s Threats A ‘Distraction’

Trudeau, who was in the US to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, said in an interview with CNN that Trump’s threat to Canada was a “distraction” from the consequences of his 25% tariff threat to Mexico, Canada and China.

“President Trump, who is a very skillful negotiator, is getting people to be somewhat distracted by that, by that conversation, to take away from the conversation around 25% tariffs on oil and gas and electricity and steel and aluminum and lumber and concrete,” Trudeau said.

Trump had threatened to levy a 25% tariff on Canada if the country did not stop the illegal immigration and transportation of drugs from the US-Canada borders into the country.

“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on all products coming into the United States and its ridiculous Open Borders,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

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