https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/trudeau-trump-canada-annex
"Donald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin
Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access
to his northern neighbour’s vast supply of critical minerals.
The outgoing prime minister was in Toronto for a hastily called summit of
business and labour leaders, seeking to coordinate a response Trump’s looming
threat of a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports.
Earlier this week, Trump backed away from tariffs that would have devastated
Canada’s economy, granting one of his country’s largest trading partners a
30-day reprieve for further negotiations.
But he has continued to mock Canadian sovereignty, repeating his description of
the country as the “51st state” on social media and repeatedly calling Trudeau
“governor” instead of prime minister.
Friday’s summit included discussions on stemming the movement of fentanyl,
security at the border and the challenge of interprovincial trade, but Trudeau
later told an audience that the president’s threats of annexation – often
viewed as a negotiating tactic – were serious, and should be taken as such.
“I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical
minerals we have but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us
and making us the 51st state,” Trudeau reportedly told attendees.
“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want
to be able to benefit from those,” he said. “But Mr Trump has it in mind that
one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
