U.S. president-elect Donald Trump suggested he would use “economic force” to annex Canada at a press conference this week, marking an escalation in the string of threats and jibes he has made against the country since his election.

One day after Congress certified the 2024 election, and less than two weeks from his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump addressed reporters on Tuesday in a wide-ranging 75-minute news conference at Mar-a-Lago.

US President-elect Donald Trump escalated his remarks about making Canada part of the US during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday. And he reiterated that he intends to put “substantial” tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.

Trump says he will be putting substantial tariffs against Canada and Mexico when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks. The president-elect has previously said he’ll put 25 per cent duties on America’s closest neighbours unless they can stop the flow of illegal drugs across the border.

Because Canada and the United States, that would really be something. You get rid of that artificially drawn line, and you take a look at what that looks like, and it would also be much better for national security,

The president-elect’s comments about the U.S. annexing its northern neighbor were rejected by Canadians of all political stripes.

The president-elect said he'd use "economic force" to bring Canada into the US while also saying the Northern neighbor had nothing the US needs.

The notion that Canada could become the 51st state of the United States, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has proposed, is not only unrealistic, but would also signal the collapse of American global hegemony and the disintegration of the U.

Donald Trump, on Tuesday, again stated his desire to acquire Canada as the 51st state of the United States. While speaking with the press at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said that he wanted to get rid of the “artificially drawn line” between both the countries.