Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre both responded on Tuesday to president-elect Trump’s <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;most-bonkers-yet suggestion of annexing Canada&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trump-tariff-threat-canada-mexico&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trump-tariff-threat-canada-mexico" target="_blank">most-bonkers-yet suggestion of annexing Canada</a>, using “economic force.” The good news is that Canada’s presumptive next prime minister did better than the lame-swan incumbent.

It seems ridiculous even to explain this, but America taking over Canada is 100 per cent implausible — with strong, hot gusts to impossible.{ai:summary}<p>Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre reacted to Donald Trump's proposal of using "economic force" to annex Canada. Poilievre's response was seen as more effective compared to Trudeau's lackluster approach. </p><p>#politics</p>

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