By suspending Parliament and promising to resign, the prime minister bought the Liberals time. But Canada will now face Donald J. Trump with a lame duck in charge.

Donald Trump has once again floated the idea of Canada merging with the United States after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would be stepping down. After nearly a decade in office,

C anadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as the leader of the ruling Liberal Party, following months of pressure from partymates to resign amid increasingly poor public approval ratings.