A liberal Canadian member of Parliament claimed the Trump administration has dedicated an “act of war” over President Donald Trump repeatedly referring to Canada because the U.S.’ “51st state” and for leveling tariffs on the nation.
“Well, I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school because when you say that someone doesn’t have a right to have a country, that’s an act of war. When you rip up, arbitrarily, trade agreements and threaten and say you’re going to break a country, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind,” Canadian MP Charlie Angus, who’s a member of the nation’s liberal New Democratic Get together, stated Monday throughout an interview with the MeidasTouch Community.
Angus was reacting to a clip of Secretary of State Marco Rubio talking with reporters throughout his current journey to Canada for the G7 International Ministers’ Assembly. Rubio was repeatedly requested by the press to weigh in on Trump referring to Canada because the U.S.’ “51st state.”
“The president has made his argument as to why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States… for economic purposes,” Rubio stated on March 14 when requested about Trump’s “51st state” feedback, explaining the problem was not addressed throughout the G7 assembly. “There’s a disagreement between the president’s position and the position of the Canadian government. I don’t think that’s a mystery coming in, and it wasn’t a topic of conversation, because that’s not what this summit was about.”
Rubio additional defined that the origin of the “51st state” rhetoric was born throughout a gathering between Trump and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump started utilizing the “51st state” title for Canada in November 2024, following his election win.
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President Donald Trump, left, talks with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Nicholas Kamm)
Trump was assembly with Trudeau, “and Trudeau basically says that if the U.S. imposes tariffs on Canada, Canada couldn’t survive as a nation-state, at which point the president said, ‘Well, then you should become a state.’ And that’s where this began,” Rubio recounted of the Trump–Trudeau assembly. “He made an argument for why Canada would be better off joining the United States from an economic perspective and the like. He’s made that argument repeatedly, and I think it stands for itself.”
Trudeau introduced his resignation because the nation’s prime minister in January after 9 years within the place. Mark Carney was sworn-in because the nation’s subsequent prime minister on March 14 after he was elected the brand new chief of Canada’s Liberal Get together earlier within the month.
Throughout his interview, Angus stated that Canada’s boycott of U.S. merchandise over tariffs leveled on the nation can be “punishing” to the U.S.
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“The boycott that Canada has launched against the United States is punishing. We were told in January a 10% drop in Canadian travel to the United States would cost 140,000 jobs,” he continued.
Trump leveled a 25% tariff on all imports of metal and aluminum from different nations on March 12, whereas Canada particularly is about to face a 25% tax on all imported items starting April 2. The tariffs have sparked boycotts of U.S. items.
Canada’s Liberal Chief and Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks after being elected as the brand new Liberal Get together chief in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 9. (Getty Photos)
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Trump joined Fox Information’ Laura Ingraham on Tuesday, the place he railed in opposition to how the U.S. has sponsored “Canada by $200 billion a year.”
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a information briefing on the White Home. (Evan Vucci/The Related Press)
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“Here’s my problem with Canada,” Trump stated on Fox Information. “Canada was meant to be the 51st state because we subsidize Canada by $200 billion a year. We don’t need their cars, we don’t need their lumber, we have a lot of lumber. … We don’t need their energy, we don’t need anything, we certainly don’t want their automobiles… millions of automobiles are sent in, I’d rather have them made in Michigan, I’d rather have them made in South Carolina.”
Fox Information Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
