(Adnkronos) – Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has denounced that her government takes “very seriously” Donald Trump’s statements about making Canada the 51st American state. “It’s no longer a joke. There’s a reason why Canadians, when they go out for a hockey game, whistle when the American national anthem is played…we’ve been insulted. We’re furious. Angry,” she said in an interview with the BBC, after the American President imposed 25 percent duties on products imported from Canada.
“The only one who ultimately decides on everything is Trump,” added the minister, stating that no exponent of the US administration has contacted counterparts in the Canadian government in recent days to discuss the new duties. “We didn’t want this duty war. We did everything that was required of us to ensure the security of our border. Trump’s (saying that drugs like Fentanyl pass through the border, ed) is an excuse to act against us.” Canada plays the role of the canary in the mine, she added. Then it will be the turn of the Europeans, and then of Great Britain. “We cannot let our guard down. We must respond to American measures,” she concluded.
