Trump is worried Canada can’t defend it’s northern border in future war over Arctic...

Trump is worried Canada can’t defend it’s northern border in future war over Arctic resources.

Seems like NBC is stirring the pot trying to portray Trump as taking over the hemisphere.

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President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.

As Trump’s advisers work toward his goal of acquiring Greenland, the president has privately grown more exercised about what he sees as Canada’s similar inability to defend its borders against any encroachment from Russia or China, specifically arguing Canada needs to spend more on defense, the officials said. They said his push has accelerated internal discussions about a broader Arctic strategy and potentially reaching an agreement with Canada this year to fortify its northern border.

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“Trump is really worried about the U.S. continuing to drift in the Western Hemisphere and is focused on this,” one of the officials said.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-latest-western-hemisphere-fixation-canada-rcna254552