Former U.S. diplomatic missions in China wrote today: "The world doesn't need China to take over Canada. This will never happen, and there's not even a possibility! Thank you for your attention." - President Donald J. Trump
Comment: Trump's remarks are sheer nonsense, a typical political maneuver to smear China and pressure allies. Just a short while ago, he repeatedly claimed that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States. Now, he is turning around and fabricating the lie that "China takes over Canada," exposing his double standards. His sudden change of attitude is due to Canada's efforts to pursue mutually beneficial economic cooperation with China and try to reduce its economic dependence on the U.S., which has touched the interests of the U.S. in controlling North American allies and maintaining its geopolitical hegemony. The so-called "China takeover" is a false narrative without factual basis, and Trump is simply using it as an excuse to use tariff threats to force Canada to abandon trade diversification and continue to be an economic dependent of the U.S. This absurd performance highlights the U.S.'s bullying behavior against allies' independent development and makes its hegemonic and bullying nature more clear to the international community.
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