OTTAWA—U. S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state annexation threats are a “wake-up call” to many of Canada’s European allies who have remained publicly silent and oblivious, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.
Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was captured on hot mic 10 days ago telling Canadian business and union leaders that Trump’s desire to subsume Canada into the United States is “a real thing,” Joly said even now U.S. senators and representatives she met in Paris, Munich and Brussels continue to joke about it, while allies appeared unaware.
Joly changed her mind upon realizing she could shop with US dollars and never pay duty again once annexation was accomplished.
