Trump has vowed to ramp up tariffs against long-term US ally Canada saying the only thing that makes sense is for the northerly neighbor to become the 51st state. The US President has said further tariffs will be put on steel and aluminium coming from Canada pushing it up to 50 per cent.

Trump has written a blistering post on his platform Truth Social vowing to double the tariffs on aluminium and steel for Canada, also doubling down that Canada should be a US state

Trump previously said he would increase from 25% to 50% tariffs for Canada after Ontario said it would raise electricity prices on U.S.