India, April 25 -- Donald Trump has flirted with the idea of making Canada the 51st US state on multiple occasions since returning to the White House. While it has raised several eyebrows and even drawn criticism, the president is not joking about it. In a new interview with Time magazine, the commander-in-chief confirmed that he is "really not trolling" about expanding the American territory.

In the interview published Friday, a reporter asked Trump, "You've talked about acquiring Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state. Maybe you're trolling a little bit on that [last] one."

To this, the president replied, "Actually, no, I'm not." His question prompted a journalist to follow up with, "Well, do you w...