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President Donald Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Saturday astir a assortment of issues, ranging from the warfare successful Ukraine to U.S. borderline security.
In a connection released Saturday evening, the White House said Trump and Trudeau began the telephone by discussing the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tourney that Canada won, and some leaders "expressed pridefulness successful the excellence of some nations' teams that faced disconnected successful a hard-fought hockey championship."
"The treatment turned to Monday’s G7 telephone that volition people the 3rd day of the penetration and warfare successful Ukraine," the connection added. "Prime Minister Trudeau echoed President Trump’s tendency to spot an extremity to the warfare and acknowledged that President Trump is the lone satellite person who tin propulsion done a conscionable and lasting peace.
"President Trump reminded the premier curate that the warfare should ne'er person started and would not person had helium been president astatine the time."
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The leaders besides discussed U.S. borderline security, a delicate taxable for Canadian officials since Trump imposed tariffs successful effect to cause trafficking astatine the U.S.-Canadian border. Trump agreed Feb. 3 to intermission the tariffs for 30 days, meaning the tariffs are expected successful aboriginal March.
During the call, Trudeau claimed Canada has achieved a 90% simplification successful fentanyl crossing into the U.S. from Canada and said his country's borderline czar volition beryllium successful Washington adjacent week for meetings with U.S. borderline main Tom Homan.
Trump and Trudeau person had a strained narration successful caller weeks, owed to some the tariffs and Trump's stated involvement successful securing Canada arsenic a U.S. territory. Earlier successful February, Trudeau said helium believes Trump is superior astir turning Canada into the 51st U.S. state.
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"I suggest that not lone does the Trump medication cognize however galore captious minerals we have, but that whitethorn beryllium adjacent wherefore they support talking astir absorbing america and making america the 51st state," Trudeau said, according to CBC. "They’re precise alert of our resources, of what we have, and they precise overmuch privation to beryllium capable to payment from those."
Trump antecedently complained astir the commercialized shortage the U.S. has with Canada, claiming "there is nary reason" for specified an imbalance.
"We don’t request thing they have," Trump wrote connected Truth Social. "We person unlimited Energy, should marque our ain Cars, and person much Lumber than we tin ever use. Without this monolithic subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country. Harsh but true!
"Therefore, Canada should go our Cherished 51st State," Trump added. "Much little taxes, and acold amended subject extortion for the radical of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!"
On Thursday, Trudeau posted a cheeky retort aft Canada won the 4 Nations Face-Off.
"You can’t instrumentality our state – and you can’t instrumentality our game," Trudeau wrote connected X.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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