He targeted not only individuals such as Justin Trudeau, but suggested all the country’s 41 million citizens be annexed into the US’s 51st state.
Six months on, Trump is at it again, with new threats for America’s northern neighbour, as the August 1 deadline to reach a trade deal ticks closer.
The announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney that he would recognise a state of Palestine came as concern about the suffering of civilians in Gaza has intensified, the death toll has passed 60,000, and images of starving and utterly malnourished children have dominated some of the world’s media.
His move followed a similar announcement from the UK and France. Indeed, 147 of the UN’s 193 member states recognise Palestine, which itself currently is a “permanent observer state” at the world body.
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Since the Oct 7 2023 Hamas attacks, Israel has slowly seen international support dwindle as its military response has often been seen as disproportionate.
This is a claim Israel rejects, but every day there are reports of Palestinians being killed as they seek to obtain aid from the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group backed by the Israeli and US governments which took over responsibility for aid distribution earlier this year.
For all Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence Israel is doing everything it can to help Gazans, he has fewer and fewer allies.
The US has a long history of giving political cover to Israel, vetoing UN critical resolutions and sending billions of dollars of weapons and aid.
The US president did manage to broker the Abraham Accords during his first term, which saw diplomatic relationships established between Israel and a series of Muslim nations, namely the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
In terms of Gaza, there’s no quick or easy way for the US to go.
Better then for him to reach for the distraction playbook and attack Canada, hoping to avoid taking responsibility for the horrors in Gaza and lining up an easy scapegoat should the trade deal fall through.
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