Bangladesh, March 22 -- US President Donald Trump has once again floated the idea of annexing Canada, sparking a fresh diplomatic crisis between the two nations. His latest statement, made in the Oval Office on March 21, comes amid an intensifying trade war between Washington and Ottawa. Trump reiterated claims that the United States subsidizes Canada by hundreds of billions of dollars annually, portraying the northern neighbor as a financial burden that would be better integrated as the 51st state.

While Trumps suggestion of absorbing Canada into the United States is not new, his repeated insistence on the idea is raising serious concerns. Speaking to reporters, the US president claimed that maintaining trade relations with Canada costs...