Trump’s Comments on a 51st State Now a Thing of the Past, Canada’s US Ambassador Says

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra will make his first official appearance at the B7 Summit in Ottawa, which will be held between May 14-16, 2025. Hoekstra, then candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Canada, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the U.S. Ambassadors to Mexico, Japan, and Canada, on March 13, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

U.S. President Donald Trump has largely put to rest the idea of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, the country’s ambassador to Canada says.

The meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House earlier this week provided an opportunity to put the issue “behind us,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told the National Post.