The president-elect said he'd use "economic force" to bring Canada into the US while also saying the northern neighbor had noting the US needs.
Trudeau cautioned that President-elect Donald Trump is “a very skillful negotiator” and fretted that his statehood push may be masking a more menacing tariff threat.
After nearly a decade in power, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally bowed to a chorus of criticism that had become too loud to ignore, announcing his resignation on Monday. Among the loudest critics was one of his most loyal and longest-serving deputies.
Departing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once cultivated the image of an “anti-Trump.” The luster of that brand has long faded.
By suspending Parliament and promising to resign, the prime minister bought the Liberals time. But Canada will now face Donald J. Trump with a lame duck in charge.
US President-elect Donald Trump shared a distorted map showing Canada as part of the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party put out a witty response to it.
It's a much sweeter deal. More social mobility, more representative government, plus everybody gets health care.
Trudeau, who has been in power for the past nine years, said on Monday that he will step down from his post after a new leader is chosen by the Liberal Party.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party said late on Thursday it will choose a new leader on March 9 ahead of the 2025 elections for which polls show the party in a very weak position.
Canada’s governing Liberal Party will announce the country’s new prime minister March 9 after a leadership vote that follows the resignation of Justin Trudeau this week