Trump edition: The Canadians fighting back against annexation

Canadians are angry, very angry. US president Donald Trump is not
backing down from his annexation plans - and this week he even
called the country "nasty".


On last week's episode, we looked at a small minority of Canadian
separatists who said they would welcome Trump's plan to turn
Canada into the 51st state. It caused quite a stir among our
Canadian listeners. So on today's episode, we go back to Canada
and look at the majority's view on Trump's expansionist plans and
how the current crisis is affecting politics there in unusual
ways ahead of new Prime Minister Mark Carney calling a snap
election expected in April.


We hear first-hand from some of our Canadian listeners and Roland
Oliphant is joined by Mark MacKinnon, senior international
correspondent at Canadian broadsheet, The Globe and Mail.


Read:


'We want to live in America’s 51st state: The Canadians pledging
their loyalty to Trump' by Memphis Barker:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/03/15/the-canadians-who-want-trump-to-turn-canada-into-51st-state/


Listen:


Trump Edition: Annexing Canada, negotiating with Russia and
containing China


https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump-edition-annexing-canada-negotiating-with-russia/id1712903296?i=1000699135822


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