Shortly before, Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told X that Trump’s comments showed “a complete misunderstanding of what makes Canada a strong country.” “Our economy is strong. Our people are strong. We will never shy away from threats,” emphasized Joly.
Trump had previously expressed plans to journalists to incorporate the large neighboring country. When asked whether he would use military force, Trump replied at a press conference at his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida: “No, economic force.”
“Canada and the United States, that would really be something,” said the future president. “You would get rid of this artificially drawn line and look at what that looks like. And it would also be much better for national security.” At the end of November, Trump announced that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada.
