The president-elect said he'd use "economic force" to bring Canada into the US while also saying the Northern neighbor had nothing the US needs.

The comments were responding to President-elect Donald Trump's ongoing suggestions that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state.

Canadians would never passively accept the loss of their national identity — any forced integration would be violently opposed and quickly devolve into a nightmare scenario for both nations.

As Donald Trump takes office, the chances of a lumber deal look slim

The former and future first couple arrived in the nation’s capital on Wednesday ahead of Jimmy Carter’s funeral

How precisely Donald Trump could make good on his threat to annex Canada can be found in the U.S. Constitution. There is both potential and precedent in American history.

Podcaster Joe Rogan suggested that America may as well take over Mexico if so many of its people are immigrating illegally, bringing safety to both countries.

To the president, I’ll make him a counteroffer. How about if we buy Alaska? And we’ll throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?” Ford said.

President-elect Trump has doubled down on his suggestion of a merged United States and Canada in the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign. Some have shrugged off

Justin Trudeau wrote on X: "There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become a part of the United States."

At this point in its history, America has come off of 70 years of failed imperialist adventures, in which it discovered it couldn’t hold onto Afghanistan or Iraq or Vietnam or anywhere else. America’s military position in the world is shrinking rather than expanding.