India, Feb. 8 -- Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sounded the alarm over former US President Donald Trump's apparent interest in absorbing Canada "a real thing."

The outgoing PM pointed to Trump's interest in absorbing Canada as the "51st US state". The US Prez even called Trudeau a "governor" rather than the prime minister.

"I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state," Trudeau reportedly told attendees.

"They're very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those," he added. "But Mr Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ...