Trudeau: The U.S. swallowing Canada will 'never happen'

On February 13th, according to Canadian media reports, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau stated during an artificial intelligence summit in Paris, France on the 12th that the U.S. swallowing Canada will "never happen." Trudeau said it must be made clear that the discussion of Canada potentially becoming the 51st state of the U.S. will never take place. He said, "This will never happen, but we must take seriously what the President (U.S. President Trump) says and take it into consideration, and we will continue to stand up for Canada." According to media reports, Trudeau told delegates at a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on the 7th that the threat of Trump wanting to swallow Canada is "real," with the motive being to acquire Canada's key minerals.