U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to threaten significant tariffs and said he would be willing to use “economic force,” rather than military force, to join Canada and the United States together.
“You get rid of the artificially drawn line and you take a look at what it looks like and it would also be much better for national security,” he said.
Trump made the remarks at a news conference in Palm Beach, Fla., the day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he will step down once the Liberal Party of Canada has chosen a successor.
Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office on Jan. 20, unless the two countries do more to address border security. On Tuesday, he spoke favourably again about Canada becoming “the 51st state.”
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