President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign on Monday, Jan. 6, suggesting that now would be a good time for Canada to join the United States.

“Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” he wrote sarcastically on Truth Social, referencing his running bit that Canada should not be its own country.

“If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them,” he continued. “Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”

In a press conference on Monday morning, Trudeau revealed that he plans to step down as Canada’s longtime leader as soon as a successor is chosen — and though Trudeau’s political future had looked uncertain for a while, it was Trump’s victory in the November presidential election that helped speed up his downfall.

Prior to the U.S. presidential election, Trudeau’s popularity with voters was already dipping in part because of economic challenges like inflation and a housing shortage.

When Trump was elected, his threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian goods heightened fears in Canada about their economic stability.

Trudeau traveled to Mar-a-Lago in November to meet with President-elect Trump and discuss U.S.-Canada relations, but it didn’t seem to defuse the threat of tariffs.

Instead, Trump began mocking Trudeau by saying that Canada should become a U.S. state and calling the prime minister its “governor.”

Then in December, Trudeau’s standing with fellow Liberal Party lawmakers reached an irreparable low when he tried to demote his once-trusted finance minister after she criticized his proposals for more spending, according to Reuters.

His finance minister quit in frustration, writing in her resignation letter that Trudeau was not prepared for the looming tariff war with Trump and that Canada faces a “grave challenge” if the government does not limit spending and build its reserves.

Mounting criticisms of Trudeau’s leadership, coupled with dire polling that predicts major losses for the Liberal Party in the upcoming national election, drove the final nail into his premiership.

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