During a press conference after the G7 Foreign Minister in Quebec (Canada) on March 14, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed the idea of merging Canada into the US that President Trump continuously made recently, according to, according to The Hill.
US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio
Accordingly, Foreign Minister Rubio referred to the meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Trudeau in December 2024 at Mar-A-Lago mansion in Florida (USA). At that time, Mr. Trudeau was still a Canadian Prime Minister, and Mr. Trump was the President -elect US president.
“Mr. Trump said he loved Canada. He made an argument why Canada would be better if he merged into the US from an economic perspective and similar things. Global News quoted Mr. Rubio.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau acknowledged concerns about the economic impact of the tax rates in the meeting with Mr. Trump in Mar-A-Lago, but refused to confirm whether he said that Canada could not exist if the US imposed tax or not.
In a broadcast on Fox News last month, Mr. Trump emphasized: “I think Canada will be much better if I become the 51st US state because we lose $ 200 billion per year with Canada. And I will not let that happen.” Federal statistics show that US trade and services deficit with Canada in Canada in 2024 was US $ 35.7 billion, according to CNN.
Foreign Minister Rubio added that President Trump’s tariff and call for Canadian merger were not part of the agenda of the G7 Foreign Minister’s meeting. For his part, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly claimed that the ministers of the group agreed from the beginning that the issues that caused disagreements would not prevent them from cooperating.
The new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had no plans to discuss with President Trump, but Canada will maintain a stance against the merger threat. “Canada will never become part of the US in any form,” the new Prime Minister Carney emphasized.
