Trump’s 51st state talk is not a ‘real threat,’ Canada’s defence minister says
Defence Minister Bill Blair says U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada is not a “real threat,” less than a week after the prime minister was heard telling an economic summit that it should be taken seriously.
The minister is in Brussels to meet with NATO allies and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a coalition of countries supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion. Blair and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a breakfast meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday morning.
