Does President Trump actually want to make Canada the 51st state? | BBC News

From BBC News.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet soon with US President Donald Trump.

Trump has repeatedly talked of turning Canada into America’s "cherished 51st state".

Carney responded saying that Trump’s "territorial views" on his country are "never, ever going to happen".

But does President Trump really want redraw the US-Canada border?

BBC News’ Kirsty Grant and North America Correspondent Anthony Zurcher unpick why Trump may have this ambition and how likely he is to succeed.

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00:00 – 00:10:17 – Introduction
00:10:17 – 00:53:02 – History of the US-Canada border
00:53:02 – 02:09:08 – When did things turn sour?
02:09:08 – 03:06:06 – What might Trump want from Canada?
03:06:06 – 04:46:11 – Insider view on Trump’s strategy
04:46:11 – 07:05:18 – What might happen next?