Justin Trudeau reveals how Trump reacted when he floated trading two U.S. states for Canada [Video]

11:14 EST 10 Jan 2025, updated 14:02 EST 10 Jan 2025 By

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed how he got President-elect Donald Trump to shift his attention away from annexing Canada at their meeting last year. 

Trudeau shared that Trump’s plan to make Canada a U.S. state came up during his trip down to Mar-a-Lago late last year.

‘We started musing back and forth about this,’ Trudeau recalled about his meeting with Trump. 

‘And I started to suggest well maybe there could be a trade for Vermont or California for certain parts.’

The Canadian leader revealed what went down in the closed-door meeting during an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. 

‘He immediately decided that it was not that funny anymore, and we moved on to a different conversation,’ Trudeau said.

The prime minister reiterated again that Canada becoming the 51st state ‘will not ever happen’ and warned he needs to stay focused on Trump’s tariff threats.

‘If he …