# Trump is making Quebec separatism less appealing

https://mins.news/en/video/29238

- Reuters, 2026-08-22 12:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68SaijSbIIE

> Canadian senior political correspondent Maria Cheng explains that Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada have pushed support for an independent Quebec to its lowest level in decades.

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