WHEN WILL DONALD TRUMP STOP THREATENING CANADA WITH FORCEFUL ANNEXATION?

WHEN WILL DONALD TRUMP STOP THREATENING CANADA WITH FORCEFUL ANNEXATION? He obviously does not understand the word "NO".

We are a proud and independent country that does not want to be invaded, overrun, or forcefully annexed as Donald Trump's friend Vladimir Putin did to Ukraine.

Article from Today in BC, by Wolf Depner.

B.C. analyst calls White House reaction to statehood pushback 'deeply uncomfortable.'

British Columbians are living in a world where U.S. officials are disputing the sovereignty of Canada, despite comments to the contrary from its premiers to White House officials.

That is the assessment of UBC political science lecturer Stewart Prest after a delegation of premiers and territorial leaders including B.C. Premier David Eby met with two White House officials Wednesday afternoon: Jim Blair, deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs, and Sergio Gor, director of the personnel office for the U.S. president.

According to Eby, premiers had "frank conversations" during which they underlined the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state was a non-starter.

"Pleasant meeting with the Premiers," Blair later wrote on social media. "To be clear, we never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state. We only agreed to share Premier Eby’s comments.

Further, we said the best way to understand President Trump’s position is to take what he says at face value."

Prest said it is clear that premiers are trying every diplomatic means to get two messages across.

"(Not) only is a tariff war not in the interests of either country, but the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state is simply a non-starter," he said. "Canada is a proud independent country and it is not negotiable."

But by Prest's reading, Washington does not appear ready to take no for an answer.