Trump blows up the notion his Canada talk was just a fleeting fancy

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Trump blows up the notion his Canada talk was just a fleeting fancy

'I'm really not trolling,' he tells Time Magazine, of his dream to make Canada a state

Alexander Panetta · CBC News · Posted: Apr 25, 2025 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There's been no shortage of speculation about how U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about Canada might impact the federal election.

It's now time to start asking a new, longer-term question: About how his attitude will impact Canada beyond Monday's election.

It now seems increasingly obvious that Trump's expansionist aspirations are no fleeting fancy. He kept quiet for a while, leading some to wonder whether he'd gotten it out of his system — that maybe he was just simply trolling our former prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

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