U.S. President Donald Trump has largely put to rest the idea of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, the country’s ambassador to Canada says.
The meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House earlier this week provided an opportunity to put the issue “behind us,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told the National Post.
Trump has repeatedly made comments in recent months saying Canada would be better off as part of the United States. Hoekstra, who was in the room for the first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Carney, said the president is moving past such comments….