About a week after President-elect Donald Trump suggested to Justin Trudeau that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States, the Republican posted an AI-generating image teasing the Canadian PM. In the photo posted on Truth Social, Trump can be seen standing next to a Canadian flag on what appears to be a cliff, overlooking a mountain range.

It is important to note that the US-Canada border is home to several mountain ranges, including the famous Rocky Mountains. What message was Donald Trump conveying with the picture? We don’t know yet, but the timing couldn’t have been more poignant.

‘Oh Canada!’, Trump wrote in the caption.

The AI image comes a day after Fox News cited sources to report that Trump suggested to PM Trudeau, during the latter’s visit to Mar-a-Lago, that if US tariffs would kill its economy Canada should become the 51st state.

Trudeau flew to Trump’s Florida resort last Friday days after the president-elect threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. The Republican said he would impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico if they fail to curb the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs into the US.

Canada Addresses Trump’s 51st State Comment

Canada’s Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who attended the Friday dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, said the president-elect was joking when he made the comment.

“The president was telling jokes. The president was teasing us. It was, of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment,” LeBlanc told reporters in Ottawa.