Justin Trudeau's resignation sparked nationwide contest to replace him as Prime Minister of Canada, with several top candidates emerging from the Liberal Party.
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
Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support from both within his party and in the country.
In response to California's wildfires, Trudeau tweeted support, sharing a video of Canadian water bombers at work.
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.
Donald Trump has shared a distorted map showing Canada as part of the United States. "Oh Canada!” the president-elect wrote on Truth Social alongside a picture of a distorted US map.
Departing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has issued a chilly rebuke to Donald Trump over his threats to force Canada to become the 51st American state.
The resignation comes as US president-elect Donald Trump continues to troll Justin Trudeau, calling him "governor" and referring to Canada as the "51st state" in a succession of social media posts
Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down after nine years as Canadian prime minister in the face of a mounting set of crises, but stay in office until a replacement party leader is chosen.
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.
The potential candidates include a former central banker once called the “George Clooney of banking” and a former foreign minister who drew the fury of the KGB.