{"id":2400431,"date":"2025-02-07T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-warns-canadas-natural-resources-are-at-the-root-of-trumps-51st-state-comments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:32:05","slug":"trudeau-warns-canadas-natural-resources-are-at-the-root-of-trumps-51st-state-comments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-warns-canadas-natural-resources-are-at-the-root-of-trumps-51st-state-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau warns Canada\u2019s natural resources are at the root of Trump\u2019s \u201951st state\u2019 comments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrudeau-warns-canadas-natural-resources-are-at-the-root-of-trumps-51st-state-comments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canadian Prime Minister\u200c Justin Trudeau has expressed concern over U.S. President Donald trump&#8217;s comments regarding\u2064 Canada potentially\u2062 becoming the &#8217;51st state.&#8217; Trudeau emphasizes that Trump&#8217;s repeated \u200bremarks\u2064 about Canada&#8217;s status and the imposition of tariffs indicate a serious\u200b interest in Canada&#8217;s \u2064natural resources, such as critical minerals and energy production. During a meeting wiht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-grants-expedited-review-for-team-trumps-appeal-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Expedited Review For Team ...s Appeal in Pennsylvania\">business leaders<\/a>, he stated that the Trump governance is aware of Canada&#8217;s resources and\u2062 may view \u200cabsorption into the U.S. as a \u200dway \u200bto exploit these assets. Trump \u200bhimself has indicated that having Canada as a state would eliminate tariffs and streamline economic relations, even\u200d though \u2062he also mentioned that achieving such a status might be difficult due to various political challenges. \u200cIn addition, Trudeau addressed concerns about\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-asks-mexico-to-allow-dea-agents-in\/\" title=\"U.S. asks Mexico to allow DEA agents in\">fentanyl crisis<\/a> \u200bin north America,\u200b asserting the\u2063 need for careful \u2064engagement with the U.S. on this sensitive issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trudeau warns Canada&rsquo;s natural resources are at the root of Trump&rsquo;s &rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-finance-minister-resigns-over-disagreements-about-trump-tariff-threat-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Canadian finance minister resigns over disagreements about Trump tariff threat - Washington Examiner\">51st state&#038;rsquo<\/a>; comments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1981754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canadian<\/a> Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> believes President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> public statements toward making Canada the &rsquo;51st state&rsquo; should be taken seriously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump has repeatedly labeled Canada the &rsquo;51st state&rsquo; as he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">discusses levying heavy tariffs<\/a> on the country to pressure them into putting more resources into the country&rsquo;s border with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have, but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state,&rdquo; Trudeau said to a gathering of business leaders in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/world\/canada\/trump-canada-trudeau.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, the media was asked to leave the room when the comments were made, but the CBC and Toronto Star could overhear his remarks and record them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re very aware of our resources,&rdquo; Trudeau added, &ldquo;of what we have, and they very much want to be able to benefit from those.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But Mr. Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Canada is a critical producer of copper, nickel, cobalt, and other rare minerals. It is also the world&rsquo;s fifth-largest energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/international\/rankings\/world?pa=12&amp;u=0&amp;f=A&amp;v=none&amp;y=01%2F01%2F2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">producer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. economy is interlinked with Canada, with states like New York<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/tariffs-canada-ny-electric-bills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> depending<\/a> on the nation for energy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;d like to see&mdash; Canada become our 51st state,&rdquo; Trump said earlier this week. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need them. As a state, it&rsquo;s different. As a state, it&rsquo;s much different. And there are no tariffs,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;So I&rsquo;d love to see that. Some people say that would be a long shot. If people wanted to play the game right, it would be 100% certain that they&rsquo;d become a state. But a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-turnout-in-frances-high-stakes-elections-as-support-for-the-far-right-grows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Strong turnout in France\u2019s high-stakes elections as support for the far right grows - Washington Examiner\">people don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t like to play the game. Because they don&rsquo;t have a threshold of pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump halted the tariffs on Canada for a 30-day period later that day on the condition that Canada help the United States secure its shared border and later work out a broader economic deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trudeau addressed the immigration issue with business leaders as well, saying they must address the &ldquo;North American fentanyl problem&rdquo; delicately.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to be very deliberate about how we continue to engage closely with the United States to make the case and demonstrate that Canada is responsible for a tiny part of the North American fentanyl problem,&rsquo;&rsquo; Trudeau told the business leaders, &ldquo;but that we are also bitterly touched by this tragedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1981754\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1981754\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trudeau: Trump&#8217;s &#8217;51st state&#8217; remarks stem from Canada&#8217;s resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2400432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Trudeau.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3957,50036,14260,3634],"class_list":["post-2400431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada","tag-natural-resources","tag-trudeau","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Trudeau.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400435,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400431\/revisions\/2400435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}