Trudeau SHUTS Trump DOWN In His Canada ANNEXATION Obsession. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss his decision to step down as the country's prime minister and President-elect Trump needling him about annexing Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau struck back Tuesday at more than a month of social media taunting from President-elect Donald Trump, saying there wasn’t “a snowball’s chance in hell” of Canada becoming America’s 51st state. Trump has used the “51st State” jab repeatedly since Trudeau and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc dined with his team at his Florida compound in late November during the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. Trudeau accepted an invitation from Trump after the president-elect threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports from the U.S. unless it did more to stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across their shared border. Trudeau’s team has regularly dismissed Trump’s comments — which regularly include referring to the prime minister as “Governor Trudeau” — as good-natured joking. The joke apparently wore off on Trudeau after Trump expanded on why Canada ought to become a state during his Mar-a-Lago press conference, a typically free-flowing event in which Trump said he would use “economic force” on Canada. In an afternoon post on X, Trudeau wrote: “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States. Workers in communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly also weighed Tuesday with her own X posting: “President-elect Trump’s comments show a complete lack of understanding of what makes Canada a strong country. Our economy is strong. Our people are strong. We will never back down in the face of threats.” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre also responded defiantly to Trump on X taking aim not only at the president-elect but his domestic political opponents. “We are a great and independent country,” he wrote, noting that Canada supplies the U.S. billions of “high-quality and totally reliable energy” while buying billions of dollars of U.S. products. “Our weak and pathetic NDP-Liberal government has failed to make these obvious points.” During his press conference, Trump forcefully reiterated his opinion that the U.S. needed to acquire or otherwise annex Greenland from Denmark and take control of the Panama Canal to protect U.S. security interests. Asked whether he was considering military force to annex and acquire Canada: “No. Economic force because Canada and the United States, that would really be something.” He also recalled his recent conversation with Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky in which he urged him to run for prime minister because he would be a shoo-in. Trump recalled Gretzky asking him whether he should be running for prime minister or governor, to which Trump said he replied: “Let’s make it governor. I like it better.” #NewsThatYouNeed, #JustinTrudeau, #Canada, #DonaldTrump, #Trade, #Tax, #NAFTA, #TrumpSecondTerm, Breaking News, Current Affairs, Headlines, Top Stories, Global Events, In-Depth Analysis, Investigative Reports, Exclusive Coverage, Live Updates, Trending Topics, Political News, Economic Insights, Social Issues, World News, Local News, Special Reports, News Briefs, Daily Updates, News Flash, On-the-Ground Reporting, Insightful Reporting, Fact-Checked, News Analysis, Breaking Developments, Investigative Journalism, News Digest, Real-Time Updates, News Commentary, Public Affairs, News Insights, News Recap, News Bulletin, News Highlights, News Roundup, News Coverage, News Briefing, News Alert, News Review, News Summary, News Update, Please watch each video you like to the end, like our posts, interact with us in the comment section and consider subscribing to our channel, so as to be the first to know when we post a new current affairs content. We appreciate your being here. For inquiries and or business - oladeleolunike1610@gmail.com Please connect with us also on our sister channel - / @oladeleolunike for personal, professional and public life development and enhancement content. You can also contact us there - / @oladeleolunike for - One-On-One Executive Coaching ✅ Group Coaching ✅ Corporate Training ✅ Professional Speaking Services ✅ Professional Compere Services ✅ Consulting Services ✅ For inquiries and or business on the above-listed services - oladeleolunikeassociates@gmail.com