With no provocation, Trump began his second term in office threatening to turn Canada into the 51st state. Canada has stuck its neck out for the United States on numerous occasions. Rather than welcome these moves, the Trump administration clearly interpreted them as a sign of weakness and responded by ratcheting up its rhetorical and economic pressure against Canada. After all, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. doesn’t “need anything from Canada” and had initially welcomed Carney’s deal with Beijing. The Trump administration may be able to use Europe’s security dependence on the United States as leverage in talks over Ukraine.