Canada's ambassador to the United Nations compared U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense program to a “protection racket” on Wednesday after Trump said America's northern neighbor could pay $61 billion to join the program or it could be free if the country agrees to annexation.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed he finally found a way to get Canada to “consider” becoming a U.S. state. But not many people are buying it. The president wrote on his Truth Social website that Canada “very much” wants to be part of his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system.