President-elect Donald Trump continued his trolling campaign against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced Monday he would resign, suggesting the U.S. and Canada should merge, saying in a social media post it would no longer need U.S. help to “stay afloat.”
President-elect Donald Trump—who has seemingly joked of a U.S.-Canada merger before—said if the two ... [+]
Trump referred to Canada in the post as “the 51st State”—an ongoing joke he began making last fall, along with referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau”—and said Trudeau resigned because he knew the U.S. “can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat.”
Trump has heavily criticized trade deficits with bordering countries Canada and Mexico, and made increasing tariffs on foreign competitors central to his election campaign.
Trudeau announced his plans to resign “after the party selects its next leader” on Monday, and said “it’s become obvious to me with the internal battles that I cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election.”
In his Truth Social post, Trump also said if the two countries merged “they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them.”
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Trudeau announced his plans to step down from the office of prime minister in a press conference Monday after increased speculation he would do so amid growing pressure from his own party’s lawmakers. Trudeau said in the press conference he made the decision over the holidays, and he asked lawmakers to take a recess until March 24 so the Liberal Party can select a new leader, who will then take over as prime minister.