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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canada's ambassador to the United Nations compared U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome rocket defence program to a “protection racket” connected Wednesday aft Trump said America's bluish neighbour could wage $61 cardinal to articulation the programme oregon it could beryllium escaped if the state agrees to annexation.
Trump posted connected societal media connected Tuesday that if Canada becomes the “cherished 51st State” it won’t person to wage to articulation the projected U.S. rocket defence system.
Ambassador Bob Rae took objection to Trump's comments successful 2 societal media posts, comparting it to thing organized transgression does.
“In different context, this would (be) called a ‘protection racket,’” Rae said of Trump's post.
Rae aboriginal posted that some Canada and the U.S. signed the U.N. charter successful 1945 that states: “The Organization is based connected the sovereign equality of each nations.”
“Threats to sovereign integrity besides prohibited,” Rae noted.
In his post, Trump said: “It volition outgo $61 Billion Dollars if they stay a separate, but unequal, Nation, but volition outgo ZERO DOLLARS if they go our cherished 51st State. They are considering the offer!”
Trump made his comments connected the aforesaid time King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges successful a satellite that’s ne'er been much unsafe arsenic helium opened the Canadian Parliament with a code wide viewed arsenic a amusement of enactment successful the look of annexation threats by Trump.
The king is the head of authorities successful Canada, which is simply a subordinate of the Commonwealth of erstwhile colonies. Trump’s repeated proposition that Canada go the 51st state prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invitation Charles to springiness a code from the throne outlining the Liberal government’s priorities for the caller league of Parliament.
Canadians are mostly indifferent to the monarchy, but Carney has been anxious to amusement the differences betwixt Canada and the United States.
The king’s sojourn intelligibly underscores Canada’s sovereignty, Carney said.
A spokesperson for Carney responded to Trump's station connected Tuesday by saying the premier curate “has been wide astatine each opportunity, including successful his conversations with President Trump, that Canada is an autarkic sovereign nation, and it volition stay one.”
“Canadians gave the Prime Minister a beardown mandate to negociate a broad caller information and economical narration with the United States,” the connection said. “To that end, the Prime Minister and his Ministers are having a wide ranging and constructive discussions with their American counterparts. These discussions people see strengthening NORAD and related initiatives specified arsenic the Golden Dome.”
The recently elected Carney won the occupation of premier curate by promising to face the accrued aggression shown by Trump. He met with with Trump successful the Oval Office earlier this month.
“Some places are ne'er for sale,” Carney said to Trump and the media. Canada is 1 of them, helium added, and “it won’t beryllium for sale, ever.”
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