U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to revive his “51st state” rhetoric early Sunday as he made his first comments on the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States.

“Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!” Trump wrote in a post on his social platform Truth Social. “They have charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!! President DJT.”

On Friday, Trump expressed confidence a deal would be reached before the deadline for the talks which had been set for Saturday.

Hours later, Prime Minister Mark Carney called back his negotiators from Washington, D.C. and said…

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