India, July 31 -- Donald Trump has reacted curtly to Canada's move to recognise statehood for Palestine at the UN. He said a trade deal will now be difficult between the neighbours.

"Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh' Canada!!!" he wrote on Truth Social.

Trump, who at one time said Canada should become a part of the US, had last month termed it a "very difficult to deal with over the years".

Canada stares at 35% tariffs on its exports to the US unless a deal is struck.

Trump has refused to extend a deadline he'd set for tariffs to come into effect with multiple countries, some of which have since made deals with the US to mut...