The White House said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that he will step down in the coming months after nine years in power, has been a "stalwart friend" of the United States.

The development comes a month after Canada's deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned suddenly from Trudeau's cabinet.

Trudeau is the latest victim in a global line of sinking incumbents — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France’s Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for example — who left the global pandemic with a foot in the political grave.

US President Joe Biden's spokeswoman said Monday Justin Trudeau had been a "stalwart ... been a stalwart friend of the United States," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested that President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming America’s “51st state” is distracting the public from the harm that steep tariffs would have on U.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that he will step down in the coming months after nine years in ...

The White House praised Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after President Joe Biden's northern counterpart announced he would step down as the leader of his party and his country. En route to ...

White House Says Justin Trudeau Has Been 'Stalwart Friend' for US By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister ...

WASHINGTON – The White House said on Jan 6 that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that he will step down in the coming months after nine years in power, has been a ...

The White House said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that he will step down in the coming months after nine years in power, has been the United States' "stalwart friend.

Since his re-election, Donald Trump has drawn plenty of attention for neo-annexationist propositions made on social media about the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada — including in the hours following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement.

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