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The White House official suggested that Canada be expelled from the five intelligence network in Ayoun, where Donald Trump increases pressure on the country where he talks about the 51st American state.

Peter Navarro, one of the American president The closest advisorThe United States is pushing to remove Canada from the five eyes – which also includes the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand – according to people familiar with its efforts within the administration.

Trump said he wanted the attachment Canada She pledged to move forward with 25 percent of the customs tariffs on imports from the country when a one -month victory turned on March 4.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who will step down from his post on March 9, recently arrested a warning from the open microphone that Trump’s ambition to accommodate the northern neighbor of the United States was “a real thing”.

Navarro You did not respond to the requests for comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Trudeau’s office refused to comment.

Trump was astonished by our allies when Canada made his first major target for definitions, along with Mexico, claiming that Ottawa was not doing enough to prevent immigrants and drugs from entering the United States.

People familiar with the situation said that Navarro, who has easy access to the Oval Office because of his close relationship with Trump, is arguing that the United States should increase pressure on Canada by evacuating the country from the five eyes.

It is not clear whether the idea has gained strength with Trump but is discussed among his officials.

The five eyes for decades were the most important network for exchanging intelligence in the world. The United States and its allies share very sensitive signals and human intelligence as well as coordination of operations. the The Pine Gap Station led by the CIA In the middle of Australia, the most important location to collect intelligence around China, is just an example of an intimate intelligence relationship.

Dennis Wilder, a former CIA official who was the main editor in the US President’s daily intelligence, said the five eyes were “the most successful arrangement of intelligence sharing in the history of the world.” He pointed out that the partnership appeared when it worked as American code code and the British together to break German secret communications during World War II, and it was expanded to include other allies in 1956.

“Any turmoil in these understandings that dates back to a decade will be faced with chants of our opponents in Moscow, Beijing, Touran and Pyongyang,” Wilder said.

While Canada and New Zealand provides the least amount of intelligence in the group, the expulsion of any member would cause criticism from other allies and also from Washington and outside intelligence officials.

A five -eyed intelligence official said that the evacuation of Canada for decades would be very dangerous.

The intelligence official said: “Sitting where I sit and search on a set of threats that come to us, we need all the partners we can get,” the intelligence official said.

Steve Bannon, a former White House strategy expert who helped Trump win in 2016, said that Canada needed to realize that Trump was not wandering in Trudeau but was serious about him The desire to include the country.

He said that Canada lacks the resources needed to defend itself, especially since China is trying to become a force in the Arctic. But he said that any step to evacuate Canada from the five eyes will be a counter -step that would only end with America.

“Canada punches over its weight. If you look at the military history, it was our best ally. “

Navarro worked as a White House commercial consultant at the Trump administration. Last year, he served several months in prison He refused to testify The Congress Committee before the investigation of the January 6, 2021 attack on the American Capitol. His views of trade had long been coinciding with Trump, who is sometimes called “Peter” and mentioned in December as a great consultant in trade and manufacturing.

The Canadian security intelligence service has been dealt with for comment.

Additional reports by Ilya Gridinne in Toronto