A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state”.

Peter Navarro, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, is pushing US negotiators to discuss reworking the border with their Canadian counterparts, The Telegraph can reveal.

“Navarro recommended revising the Canada-US border, which is just crazy and dangerous,” a source close to negotiations told The Telegraph.

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    which had been paused for 30 days after Mr Trudeau agreed to take action against illegal migration and drug trafficking into the US.

    Putting a bit of spin on it. Their plans were already in place before Trump came into office. This makes it seem like the US actually got a concession.

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      Also more fentanyl comes into Canada from the USA than out… That’s not even mentioning the guns