Faisal Abbas 
Trump speaks to reporters at the White Office, January 31, 2025 (Getty)
Is it just a smart tactic to negotiate, an endeavor to control natural resources, or merely a difficult dream? US President Donald Trump’s obsession with Canada is unique in a manner that is difficult to find an easy explanation for. “I think this is one of the things that Trump thinks that achieving it will be nice, but he realizes that the possibility of this is less than small,” said George Washington University, Professor of George Washington, Todd Bilt.
He added that “his speech is likely to take an unpredictable negotiating position.” On Tuesday, the 78 -year -old Republican, who was about to launch a global trade war in recent weeks, announced his expansionist desire again on his social platform “Truth Social”. Trump wrote that “the only logical thing for Canada is that our fifty -first state becomes dear,” he wrote a picture of a bright future with less taxes without customs duties and the Canadians enjoy security.
Trump’s talk was left about the Canadian annexation in a state of amazement. “What (Trump) wants to see is a complete collapse of the Canadian economy,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and he announced a full collapse of the Canadian economy. ” Trump’s comments have sparked anti -United States positions in the north of the border, as the American national anthem has become a shout in sports matches.
A poll conducted by the Legee Institute this month stated that only 33% of Canadians have a positive opinion about the United States, compared to 52% in June 2024. In the same poll, 77% of the respondents said they are positively looking at the European Union.
In his publication on “Truth” on Tuesday, Trump described the American -Canadian border as “an artificial separation line that was drawn many years ago.” And he went to the Canadians, saying that when the borders disappear, “We will have a nation that is the safest and amazing in the world. You will continue to play your wonderful national anthem + Oh Canada +, but it will now represent a great and strong mandate among the greatest nation that the world has ever known!”
Trump appears to be determined to redraw the maps, which was shown through his decision, which was issued shortly after his inauguration by changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. He also publicly called for Greenland and said he wanted to regain control of the Panama Channel. “A large part of this regional expansion (Greenland, Panama and Canada) came after the elections, and I think someone convinced him that the great presidents controlling lands as a legacy,” said Billet. In his speech last week, Trudeau pledged that the inclusion of Canada would not be achieved. “This will never happen … We will never be the 51st state,” he said.
According to a report of the New York Times, Trump took advantage of the opportunity of talks with Trudeau last month to question the Treaty of Erbar in 1908 and established the border between the two countries. The American president, known for his interest in water resources, criticized the agreements that regulate water access between the two countries, according to media reports. The Canadian American border passes east through the Great Lakes region. As for the west, towards the calm coast, the border crosses the Colombia River, which is organizing a detailed international treaty in it.
Economy Professor at the University of Carlton at Ottawa Ian Lee believes that the outbreak of a trade war between the United States and Canada, who are closely related to economically, would represent an “existential threat” for Canadians. “But regardless of our screams and our expression of our anger, it does not change that reality,” he added, stressing, “We are the mouse and they are the five -ton elephant. We have to reach a settlement and deal with the demands of the United States.”
But the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carne, who will receive his position on Friday, does not agree with this defeatist position. “The Americans should not make mistakes: in trade as in hockey, Canada will win,” said Sunday. On Wednesday, Ottawa announced new customs duties on certain American products, in response to fees it considered “unjustified or logical” imposed by Trump on steel and aluminum.
(France Press)
