{"id":234154,"date":"2025-02-07T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/behind-closed-doors-trudeau-says-trump-threat-to-take-over-canada-is-real\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:28:11","slug":"behind-closed-doors-trudeau-says-trump-threat-to-take-over-canada-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/behind-closed-doors-trudeau-says-trump-threat-to-take-over-canada-is-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/07\/multimedia\/7canada-us-trudeau-jwqp\/7canada-us-trudeau-jwqp-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real\" title=\"Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday made his first comments in response to President Trump\u2019s repeated statements that he wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trudeau made clear that he did not regard Mr. Trump\u2019s statements as having been in made in jest and believes annexation is something Canada needs to treat as a serious threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And he believes he knows why Mr. Trump covets Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI 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,\u201d Mr. Trudeau told a gathering of company executives and business leaders in Toronto, according to people in the room who listened to his comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The news media had been asked to leave the room at the time Mr. Trudeau delivered his comments, but at least two news outlets, The Toronto Star and the CBC, were able to hear them and record them. Mr. Trudeau\u2019s office declined to provide details of what the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey\u2019re very aware of our resources,\u201d Mr. Trudeau added, \u201cof what we have, and they very much want to be able to benefit from those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And he continued: \u201cBut Mr. Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has been talking about annexing Canada for weeks as he has laid the groundwork for plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Trump agreed to a 30-day reprieve on tariffs after Canada pledged to adopt a more stringent plan to secure its border with the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During comments to reporters that day in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump again raised the statehood issue. \u201cWhat I\u2019d like to see, Canada become our 51st state,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d love to see that, but some people say that would be a long shot,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Canada is home to 31 minerals considered critical for use in various industries, including for electric car batteries, solar panels and semiconductors. Of those, Canada is prioritizing lithium, graphite, nickel, copper, cobalt and rare earth elements as part of a strategy to position itself as a leader in the global transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The supply chain is deeply integrated, and the health of the U.S. economy depends on Canada, said Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, Canada\u2019s industry minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is about a confident Canada,\u201d Mr. Champagne told reporters at Friday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As part of its plan to fend off tariffs, Canada is implementing a border security plan in response to Mr. Trump\u2019s accusations that the country is contributing to \u201cmassive\u201d fentanyl trafficking to the United States, even though Canada is responsible for a tiny fraction of the fentanyl crossing the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those measures include 10,000 personnel assigned to the border, along with helicopters, drones and canine teams. The government also said it would name a \u201cfentanyl czar\u201d to lead the response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe need to be very deliberate about how we continue to engage closely with the United States to make the case and demonstrate that Canada is responsible for a tiny part of the North American fentanyl problem,\u2019\u2019 Mr. Trudeau told the business leaders, \u201cbut that we are also bitterly touched by this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/world\/canada\/trump-canada-trudeau.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday made his first comments in response to President Trump\u2019s repeated statements that he wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st state. 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