U.S. Drops Proposal to Put Troops at Canadian Border

The Trump administration dropped its consideration of ideas to send U.S. armed forces forces to the Canadian border to aid with initiatives to beat the new coronavirus, a U.S. official reported Thursday, disclosing that decision following Canadian officials had strenuously objected to the idea.

Canadian Deputy Primary Minister Chrystia Freeland advised reporters in Ottawa that officials there were being advised of the U.S. proposal a handful of days ago but wouldn’t disclose wherever the U.S. units could possibly have absent or what they would do.