CanadaWhy Does Trump Continue His ‘51st State’ Taunts of Canada?SavePrintFormer President Donald Trump speaks in Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 16, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesMatthew Horwood&Omid Ghoreishi12/22/2024|Updated: 12/23/20240:00X 1News AnalysisIncoming U.S. President Donald Trump has continually referred to Canada as the 51st state while calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “governor” since their meeting at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Nov. 29.Share this articleLeave a commentMatthew HorwoodAuthorOmid GhoreishiAuthorMatthew Horwood is a reporter based in Ottawa.Author’s Selected ArticlesConservatives Urge Parliamentary Probe Into Government Spending on Repatriating Canadian ISIS WomenAug 15, 2025Legal Group Seeks Judicial Review of Nova Scotia’s Forest BanAug 15, 202571 Percent of Canadians Say EV Mandates ‘Unrealistic,’ Want it Scrapped: SurveyAug 15, 2025Nearly Half of MAID Recipients Whose Deaths Not ‘Reasonably Foreseeable’ Cited Loneliness in 2023: Annual ReportAug 14, 2025
