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Trudeau's Sneaky Piece of Advice from Trump: Canada to 51st State?

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I Trudeau siger: 'Der er ikke en snesmand's chance', men Trump har en plan!

Da præsident Joe Biden besøgte Ottawa, lovede han, at USA ville forblive en tæt partner med Canada, og det samme kan siges om premierminister Justin Trudeau. Men kan man sige, at forholdet mellem de to nationer er truet af præsident Trumps bemærkninger? Trump har flere gange insisteret på, at Canada burde blive den 51. stat, og selvom han jokede med det, er det aldrig sjovt, når alvoren blander sig i spøgen.

Trump har dog ikke kun talt om ideen, han har også udtrykt vilje til at bruge økonomisk magt til at presse Canada. "Jeg fortalte Trudeau, at de burde blive en stat, da han kom ned til mig," sagde Trump i en pressekonference, hvor han ikke lagde skjul på sin aggressive holdning. Dette har sat punktummet i Trudeaus allerede pressede tilværelse som premierminister, især nu hvor han møder stigninger i indvandrerfrustrationer blandt de canadiske borgere.

Trudeau, der står over for voksende opfordringer om forandring, har allerede annonceret en betydelig reduktion i immigrationsmålene. Både hans beslutning om at træde tilbage som leder for det liberale parti og hans kraftige respons til Trumps provokationer skaber et tumultarisk politisk klima, hvor det er usikkert, hvem der vil tage over. Trumps føring kan endda have en hurtigere indflydelse på Trudeaus politiske liv end forventet.

Trudeau har dog ikke tænkt sig at udlevere Canada uden kamp og satte nye standarder ved at sige, at der "ikke er en snesmands chance i helvede" for, at Canada vil tilslutte sig USA. Den respekt og påskønnelse han har for sit land gør ham fast besluttet på at bevare Canadas suverænitet. Med det i tankerne prøver mange nu at finde ud af, hvem der kan være den næste til at overtage ledelsen for det liberale parti i Canada, og hvordan de vil navigere i en fjendtlig politisk atmosfære.

Vidste du, at Canada er det største land i Nordamerika og hjemsted for nogle af verdens mest imponerende naturlige vidundere som Niagara Falls? Og selvom muligheden for, at Canada skal blive en del af USA virker meget usandsynlig, har det altid været et varmt emne for komikere og politikere!

Biden understregede, at den bedste allierede ikke altid behøver at se ud som ens naboland; nogle gange er det påvist, at man kan have mere til fælles med dem, der bor lidt længere væk. Politiske forhold kan være komplicerede, men humor og gode venskaber kan stadig trives i det politiske landskab!

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