President Trump continued to suggest that Canada should become the 51st state, even saying they could keep their anthem. The president also said he will not bend on tariffs on goods from Canada, saying "we don't need anything they have.

At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra steered clear of annexation talk and saluted the countries' longstanding partnership. He was peppered with questions from Democrats about what they described as disrespectful language from Trump that's poisoned an old alliance.