Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested that President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming America’s “51st state” is distracting the public from the harm that steep tariffs would have on U.

President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to resign on Monday, Jan. 6, suggesting that now would be a good time for Canada to join the United States

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once again dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks suggesting Canada could become the 51st state of the United States.

The resignation comes as US president-elect Donald Trump continues to troll Justin Trudeau, calling him "governor" and referring to Canada as the "51st state" in a succession of social media posts

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Jan. 6 he intended to step down. The Liberal Party will pick a new chief on March 9.

It actually sort of came up at one point,” Trudeau told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in an interview that aired on Sunday. “And then we started musing back and forth about this.” But it came to a quick halt after Trudeau jokingly made Trump an offer.

The list of potential successors to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is becoming more clear. David Akin reports on the five people expected to join the two official candidates already in the competition,