Trudeau says Trump’s threat that Appendix Canada ‘a real thing’

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a business collection on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s threat to Appendix Canada “is a real thing,” two Canadian business leaders who were at the meeting confirmed to CNN.

Trudeau’s comments that were first reported by Toronto Starwas picked up on an open microphone when Trudeau thought the media had been escorted.

“Mr. Trump is in mind that the easiest way to do it is to absorb our country and that’s a real thing. In my conversations with him on … ”said Trudeau, according to sound from the Canada-US Economic Summit in Toronto, shared by CBC Newsbefore the microphone was cut out.

Trudeau came up with the comments after delivering an opening address at the summit and after journalists left the room, CBC reported.

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In an interview with CNN before Trump’s inauguration, Trudeau said Trump’s comments about transforming Canada into the 51 of the United States. State is just a distraction from the consequences of Trump’s customs threats.

He added that Canada, who became another US state, “would not happen.”

“Canadians are incredibly proud to be Canadian. One of the ways we most define ourselves is, yes, we are not American, ”he told CNN’s” The Lead with Jake Tapper “in the interview in early January.

“President Trump, a very skilled dealer, makes people become something distracted by it by the conversation to remove the conversation about 25% duty on oil and gas and electricity and steel and aluminum and timber and concrete,” Trudeau said in CNN -The interview.

Trump followed his threats of imposing Canada customs duties last week and announced a new 25% duty on most Canadian goods imported to the United States. However, after Trudeau filed obligations to strengthen security at Canada’s border, Trump announced a break on the proposed tariffs for at least a month on Monday.

After a call with Trump, Trudeau said Canada would implement her previously announced border plan of $ 1.3 billion and commit to appointing a “fentanyl -czar” and indicating cartels as terrorists.