Referring to the statements made by the President-elect of the United States on the possible usage of "economic force" to make the annexation of Canada, in his statements to CNN, Trudeau felt that Trump was utilizing specified a negotiating maneuver "to distract this communicative from 25% of customs duties" - "This (an annex - ed.) would not happen. Canadians are incredibly arrogant of being Canadians. 1 of the simplest ways to specify our identity is that we are not Americans" - he stressed. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Canada commented on platform X that "there is not even the slightest chance of Canada becoming part of the US.".