Why Canada is preparing for a (long shot) US invasion
"They envisage all sorts of different scenarios."Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Canada-US relations have deteriorated under the second Trump presidency.
- ▪"They envisage all sorts of different scenarios."Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Canada-US relations have deteriorated under the second Trump presidency.
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Why Canada is preparing for a (long shot) US invasionImage source, Getty ImagesByNadine Yousif and Robin Levinson-King, in TorontoPublished1 hour agoPrime Minister Mark Carney admitted last week that he has prepared for a once-unthinkable scenario - a US invasion.Noting the risk was low and the likelihood highly improbable, he told the New York Times he had a responsibility to consider all possibilities as the US-Canada relationship is redefined under the Donald Trump presidency."That's just risk management," Carney said.Trump's global tariffs and his often-repeated desire to make Canada the 51st state has led Canada to war game an attack by the Americans.In 2025, the US president said it was "highly unlikely" that the US would ever use force against Canada.
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