Sounding more like Donald the Conqueror, he’s insisted the United States take ownership of the Gaza Strip and the Panama Canal, he’s proposed buying Greenland from Denmark and he’s pitched Canada on joining our union as the 51st state.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau warned business leaders Trump’s threats about absorbing the country are a “real thing.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Trump’s talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. state is "a real thing" and is linked to the country’s rich natural resources, local media reported. Trudeau’s comments to business and labor leaders in a closed-door session were mistakenly carried by a loudspeaker, Canada’s public broadcaster CBC reported.