OTTAWA, Ontario —

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.

Trump posted on social media on Tuesday that if Canada becomes the “cherished 51st State” it won’t have to pay to join the proposed U.S. missile defense system.

Ambassador Bob Rae took exception to Trump's comments in two social media posts, comparting it to something organized crime does.

“In another context, this would (be) called a ‘protection racket,’” Rae said of Trump's post.

Rae later posted that both Canada and the U.S. signed the U.N. charter in 1945 that states:

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