Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns just hours before Donald Trump's election win is certified, facing pressure from Trump's tariffs threats and internal revolts within his party.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resigned just hours before his north American nemesis, Donald Trump , is due to have his election win certified by Congress. The move comes as the US president-elect continued to troll Trudeau, calling him 'governor' and referring to Canada as the '51st state' in a succession of social media posts.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose swinging 25 per cent tariffs on America's neighbours if its leaders did not stem what he called a flow of migrants and drugs into the United States. Trudeau today suspended parliament for three months following an open revolt by his MPs over the soaring cost of food and the country's housing crisis. He will stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the Liberal Party is chosen. Trudeau's resignation also comes just weeks after his finance minister and key ally, Chrystia Freeland, quit over disagreements about how the Canadian government should respond to Trump's incoming administration's threat of sweeping tariffs. Trudeau subsequently announced a major shake-up to his cabinet, changing a third of his team in a bid to settle the political turmoil. Before Christmas, he faced a mini-revolt by 24 MPs following the shock resignation of Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister, finance minister, and long-time ally of the prime minister. Trudeau came to power in 2015 after 10 years of Conservative Party rule and had initially been hailed for returning the country to its liberal past. But the 53-year-old scion of one of Canada's most famous prime ministers became deeply unpopular with voters in recent years over a range of issues, including the soaring cost of food and housing and surging immigration. The political upheaval comes at a difficult moment for Canada internationall
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