During the phone call last month between Donald Trump and Mark Carney, the U.S. president put the idea of making Canada the 51st U.S. state back on the table, contrary to what the prime minister himself publicly stated later,

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday dismissed Donald Trump's remarks about not wanting Canadian cars, reiterating that the U.S. President wanted to break Canada.

President Donald Trump recently reignited tensions with Canada, making a series of controversial remarks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. Trump’s comments come in the wake of his stunningly audacious new plan to slap a 25% tariff on every single automobile imported into the United States.