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Is Trump really serious about taking Canada?

Jan 08, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -51% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Trump has repeatedly floated adding Canada as the nation's "51st state" in recent weeks.
43% : "But Trump is clearly in an expansionist mindset.
40% : "Kaitlan Collins, a veteran CNN political reporter, noted earlier in the interview that Trump has been talking about buying Greenland since he was in office eight years ago.
38% : Trump has repeatedly trolled Canada in recent weeks, referring to the country as a "state" and belittling ongoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a "governor.
36% : "But in terms of Trump talking about military action, or at least not ruling it out, as [Kaitlan Collins] said, that caught a lot of people by surprise," she added.
30% : She explained that Trump is "increasingly serious" about taking control of the Panama Canal, according to people she has talked to in Trump's orbit.
27% : During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump did not rule out using military force to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal.
27% : She said it's unclear if Trump is really serious about using the military in Greenland and the Panama Canal.
17% : Trump cast doubts on the legitimacy of Denmark's claim to Greenland.
9% : But how serious is Trump on these threats?Veteran Trump reporter from The New York Times, Maggie Haberman, played down Trump's push to annex Canada on CNN's "360 Degrees with Anderson Cooper" on Tuesday.

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