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.
“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States. Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner,” Trudeau wrote on social media platform X.
Trump's threat to impose high tariffs on Canadian goods is part of the reason Trudeau lost his job. Now Trump is suggesting there's a way he would reconsider
Not a snowball’s chance,' is possibly the first time Justin Trudeau has adopted a strong tone against Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st state of the United States
Trudeau has been the leader of Canada's Liberal Party since 2013, but ominous 2025 election polls — and his testy relationship with Trump — led his caucus to revolt against him
President-elect Donald Trump, since his presidential election win, has been making repeated calls for Canada to join the US federation as its 51st state.
Trudeau's resignation has shaken up Canadian politics, but experts say it will have little impact on Donald Trump's trade agenda.
In a post to Truth Social on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump suggested that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew "many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State" and the tariff policies Trump said he would enforce, leading to Trudeau's resignation announcement earlier today.
Departing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once cultivated the image of an “anti-Trump.” The luster of that brand has long faded.
President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have celebrated the news that Justin Trudeau is stepping down as Canadian Prime Minister. Trudeau, who announced his resignation in a Monday morning press conference,
President-elect Trump plans to use economic force to make Canada the 51st state, sparking a sharp response from Trudeau.