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Trudeau says Trump's comments on 51st state 'flattering' but a 'non-starter'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described talk of Canada becoming the 51st state as a distraction from pressing threats like U.S. Tariffs on Canada and their likely impact.
Trudeau stated that Canada is ready to respond with retaliatory tariffs if President-elect Donald Trump imposes a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico.
Trudeau emphasized that the idea of Canada as the 51st state is a 'non-starter' and that Canadians are 'incredibly proud' of their nationality.
Trudeau mentioned that there is a degree of 'flattery' in Trump's comments about Canada, acknowledging the strength of the Canadian border during their last meeting.

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Algemeen Dagblad

Trudeau gives Trump a taste of his own medicine: 'Suddenly he didn't find it funny anymore'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (53) has responded again to Donald Trump's (78) bizarre threat to make Canada the 51st state of the United States. When the future American president first floated the idea during a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, Trudeau gave him a witty response.

1 month ago·Amersfoort, Netherlands

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Sooke News Mirror

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Trump’s 51st state talk ‘flattering’ ‘non-starter’, Trudeau tells American media

Prime Minister calls incoming president a successful negotiator who likes to keep people off balance

1 month ago

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Newser

Trudeau: Here's What Trump's '51st State' Remarks Are Doing

Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday suggested that President-elect Trump's remarks about Canada becoming America's "51st state" have distracted attention from the harm that steep tariffs would inflict on US consumers, the AP reports. "The 51st state, that's not going to happen," Trudeau said in an interview with...

1 month ago·Miami, United States

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The Globe & Mail

Trump’s comments on Canada becoming 51st state ‘flattering’ but a ‘non-starter,’ Trudeau says

In an interview that aired Sunday on MSNBC, the Prime Minister said Trump’s comments are a distraction from more pressing threats of U.S tariffs on Canada and their likely impact

1 month ago·Canada

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Firstpost News

Trudeau counters Trump tariff: ‘No American wants to pay 25% more for electricity, gas or oil’

Trump has threatened to levy 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports and said that the need for such measures may be eliminated if Canada were to become the United States' '51st State'

1 month ago·Mumbai, India

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News18 India

Trudeau Urges US Consumers To Consider Harm Of Trump's 25% Tariff Threats

Trump said last week that the U.S doesn’t need oil, or anything else, from Canada. But almost a quarter of the oil that the U.S. consumes each day comes from Canada.

1 month ago·India

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