What Trump’s ‘economic force’ comments mean for Canada [Video]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens to take over Canada using ‘economic force.’ Trump’s former National security advisor turned fierce Trump critic John Bolton, joined CTV Morning Live Edmonton with more on his state of mind.

This transcript has been edited for length and clarity.

Kent Morrison: Canada’s premiers are holding an emergency meeting today to try to figure out how to handle incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat’s.

The Prime Minister wants all of them in Ottawa next week to come up with a strategy, and now Trump claims he will take over Canada using economic force.

Can you take us inside the strategy of Donald Trump right now? Do we know why he’s going so hard about this?

John Bolton:I don’t think it’s a strategy. I think it’s a series of neuron flashes. The good news for Canada is, he is not planning on using military force. That’s more a problem for our friends in Denmark and Greenland and in …