U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada should become America’s 51st state if it can’t handle tariffs, but the remark is being brushed off as a joke. Mercedes Stephenson explains what to make of Trump’s comment, and how he’s seemingly kept the bit going with a social media post.
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