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At first, Canadians just shook their collective heads when United States President Donald Trump suggested Canada become the 51st American state.

President Trump's call for Canada to join the US due to low NATO spending sparks debate and trade tensions.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If Ukraine is effectively indefensible, for lack of American support, then Europe as a whole is far weaker – and Nato is dangerously undermined

U.S. president also wants to conduct denuclearization talks with Russia and China

Statements that there can be no negotiations without Kyiv ring hollow when the US president has just sidelined it

US defence secretary suggests cutting number of American troops in Europe could even be part of a deal with Russia

Editorial: The US president wants to end this war – and is happy to do so on Russian terms

Exclusive: Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has issued a warning ahead of the Munich conference this weekend that the prime minister and foreign secretary need to stand up to Trump over Ukraine

As Putin’s actions again disrupt the start of a Munich security conference, Brussels largely has itself to blame

Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, spoke for much of the European diplomatic community when she reacted to news of Donald Trump’s phone chat with Vladimir Putin: “This is the way the Trump administration operates,” she declared. “This is not how others do foreign policy, but this is now the…

It was left to the poor junior defence minister Maria Eagle to walk that particular tightrope in the Commons