Donald Trump raised the matter of making Canada the US's 51st state in a March call with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader acknowledged. The two men spoke on 28 March, the first week of the Canadian election season,

President Donald Trump is reinserting himself into Canadian politics ahead of Monday’s parliamentary election, bringing back his proposal for the nation to become America’s “51st state.” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that Canada would “cease to exist” without the United States and reiterated his belief that the