Trump is just making shit up about the Canada-US border as a rhetorical pretext to argue for the US invasion of Canada. Scary as all hell, especially if you are Canadian.
But let's take a quick look at why the border follows such a long straight line from the Great Lakes westward. The Treaty of 1818 between the UK and the US established most of that border at the 49th parallel north -- due in large part because a straight border was much easier to survey than one that followed rivers.
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