Just FYI, someone summarized Trump's Canada talk. Feb 24, 2025 remains a favorite among readers.
Nov 30, 2018 - The US, Canada and Mexico finalize a trade agreement, USMCA. Trump personally negotiates the terms and signs the document, celebrating it as "the greatest trade agreement in history".
Nov 29, 2024 - In a face to face meeting, Trump threatens the Canadian PM, Trudeau, that he will be imposing 25% tariffs and that if Canada wants to avoid that, it should join the US as a state.
Nov 30, 2024 - Trump publicly calls the PM "Governor Trudeau" and instructs his staff to only address him as Governor going forward. He again suggests Canada should join the US.
Dec 3, 2024 - Trump remarks that he would split Canada into two states once annexed.
Dec 10, 2024 - Trump posts that the majority of Canadians support annexation, despite public polling that only 13% of Canadians would consider the idea.
Dec 18, 2024 - Trump again falsely states that the majority of Canadians support annexation and that one of his lapdogs, Gretzky, should have a leadership role in that new scenario.
Jan 7, 2025 - At a press conference, Trump says that he would use economic force to destroy the Canadian economy to annex it.
Jan 14, 2025 - Trump again claims that most Canadians want to be American, despite new polls showing only 10% of us are open to the idea.
Jan 20, 2025 - During his inaugural address, Trump says that the US will "expand its territory" during his second term.
Jan 23, 2025 - At the World Economic Forum, Trump says that Canada can avoid tariffs and economic collapse if it joins the US. He says this in front of representatives from most countries in the world.
Jan 24, 2025 - Trump states publicly that Canada "will" become a state.
Jan 31, 2025 - Trump announces a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports to begin the next day.
Feb 2, 2025 - Trump refers to Canada as its "Cherished 51st state" and that it should join the US to avoid tariffs.
Feb 3, 2025 - A one month delay is agreed upon. Trump, in a conversation with Trudeau states that he doesn't think existing border treaties with Canada are valid, and need to be revised.
Feb 7, 2025 - In a closed door meeting with his cabinet, Trudeau is recorded, without his knowledge, telling everyone that he believes strongly that Trump is serious and that he stated his reason for annexation as Canadian resources.
Feb 9, 2025 - In a Super Bowl pre-game interview, Trump says that he's serious about his threats, calling it a "viable consideration for expanding US territory".
Feb 10, 2025 - Trump announces an additional 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to come into effect Mar 12.
Feb 24, 2025 - Trump publicly remarks that whoever signed the USMCA agreement is an idiot. He was the one that signed it.
Feb 27, 2025 - Reports of American spy planes and reconnaissance aircraft flying over southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Mar 4-6, 2025 - Tariffs come into effect. Canada retaliates with it's own tariffs. Tariffs are again postponed until Apr 1 after a huge market backlash.
Mar 4, 2025 - In an address to a joint session of congress, Trump states that the US will own Greenland "one way or the other".
Mar 5, 2025 - US Secretary of Commerce Lutnick told Canadian finance minister LeBlanc that Trump "had come to realize that the relationship between the US and Canada was governed by a slew of agreements and treaties that were easy to abandon".
Mar 7, 2025 - Unconfirmed Memorandum and maps leaked on twitter reveal Trump is allegedly planning to annex the entirety of the great lakes and Southern Ontario, home to 13,491,332 Canadians. This amounts to 35.25% of Canada's total population and includes its largest city, Toronto. This region accounts for 38% of the Canadian economy, and its loss would make Canada's independence functionally impossible.
Mar 8, 2025 - Canada's foreign minister warns European allies that their government considers Canada to be under existential threat.
Mar 9, 2025 - Carney, the new Canadian PM, in his acceptance speech, states that Trump is seeking to destroy Canada, and its way of life.
Mar 11, 2025 - President Trump threatens to "permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada" if Canada does not drop a 250% to 390% tariff on US dairy products, which he doesn't state only kicks in after a certain quantity of tariff-free US dairy enters Canada, a quantity that was originally negotiated and agreed to by Trump during the USMCA in 2018.