U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the Canadian government on Thursday, stating that the recognition of a Palestinian state—announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney a day earlier at the United Nations—makes it difficult to reach a trade agreement between the two North American countries.

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“Canada just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a trade deal with them,” Trump wrote early Thursday morning on his Truth Social account.

Carney argues that his decision is a response to the unbearable suffering caused by Israel’s actions in preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza, the violence of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and plans to annex Palestinian territory. However, he also stated that Hamas must disarm and cannot play any role in the future governance of Palestine.

With this move, Canada joins France and the United Kingdom, which in recent days have expressed their intention to recognize a Palestinian state—drawing criticism from the Zionist regime, which considers the move “support for Hamas.”

Trump’s warnings to Canada come as diplomatic efforts intensify to reach an agreement that would prevent Canadian imports excluded from the USMCA trade agreement from being subjected to a 35% tariff.

Carney sent his Chief of Staff and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs to Washington on Wednesday to try to reach a trade deal with the U.S., although both the U.S. President and Carney have stated in recent days that they believe it will not be possible to reach an agreement before Friday.

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