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Chantal Kreviazuk Changes Lyrics of ‘O Canada’ to Protest Trump’s Repeated ’51st State’ Comments: ‘I Believe in Democracy’

Canadian singer Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyrics to 'O Canada' on Thursday (Feb. 20) to protest Donald Trump's repeated '51st State' threats.

The unusually hostile action from our stereotypically polite neighbors to the north was another sign that they do not find anything funny about Trump’s repeated musings about incorporating their sovereign nation into the U.S. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that Trudeau said he did not think of Trump’s fantasies about incorporating Canada as a joke, but a serious threat as the American President continues apace with his attempts to disrupt what has for more than a century been one of the U.S.’s most stable, profitable international relationships. One way in which Trump has attempted to put pressure on Trudeau and Canada is by threatening to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S., a one-sided strategy that economists say will result in higher prices for American consumers at a time when inflation is beginning to rise again.

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