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Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Oliver Holmes

‘A snowball’s chance in hell’: Trudeau rejects Trump threat to annex Canada

Trudeau frowns in front of mic.
The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, announced his resignation on Monday. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Justin Trudeau has rejected threats from Donald Trump that the US could use “economic force” to annex its closest ally, saying: “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.

“Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner,” Canada’s prime minister wrote on social media.

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