India, Feb. 26 -- Peter Navarro, one of US President Donald Trump's closest advisers, is pushing for expelling Canada out of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance as POTUS presses in on the pressure on Ottawa, a country he wishes to turn into the 51st American state, The Financial Times reported.

The Five Eyes alliance, which includes the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, was founded in 1941, wherein the partner nations exchange a wide spectrum of intelligence within of the world's most tightly knit multilateral agreements as part of the collaboration.

Donald Trump, who wants to annex Canada, on Monday had announced that the 25 per cent tariffs planned for the country, along with Mexico, are "on time". He said the plan of tar...