Trump provokes Canada and China again. Mentions 51.

Canada should be the 51st US state, because it is entirely on us – said American President Donald Trump on Fox News on Sunday. He noted that the US was suspended by trading talks with Canada due to the taxes she introduced.

On Friday, Trump informed that he immediately breaks commercial negotiations with Canada, because this country did not withdraw from plans to impose tax on digital services. He announced that during the week he would inform Ottawa about the new duties rate for goods from this country.

Canada is a very difficult partner. I love Canada. To be honest, Canada should be 51. State, because it depends completely on the USA. We are not dependent on Canada – said the American president. He announced that the talks would be suspended until the Canadians withdraw from some taxes.

Trump has already said that Canada should be 51. Just a few days ago, the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in an interview with CNN TV stated that in his opinion Trump has no intention of bringing Canada to annex.

In an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday Trump also announced that “he has a buyer on the thicket”. “I will probably need China's consent and I think that President XI (Jinping) will most likely do it. I will inform you in about two weeks who it is. This is a group of very rich people, “said the US president.

He also repeated that Tehran did not take the enriched uranium from nuclear objects attacked by the US. “They didn't move anything. They didn't think it would be feasible at all – what we did. And what we did is amazing. Now in this room there are thousands of tons of rocks. The whole place is destroyed” – he said, referring to the Ford's nuclear object, bombed by American forces a week ago.

The president also repeated that people responsible for leakage to the media intelligence information on the effects of impact on Iranian nuclear installations should be chased by services. He added that the services can “easily find out” who is responsible for the leak. “You can go to a journalist and say: (it's a matter of) national security – who gave it? And I expect that we will do it” – he added. On Thursday, Trump said “Democrats” were responsible for the leak.

He announced that subsequent countries are to join the so -called Abraham agreements, i.e. contracts concluded in cooperation with the US, normalizing relations between Israel and the Arab countries.

From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)

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