No, it's Canada.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has proposed buying two American states, countering President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st province of the Union.
in press conference On Monday, a senior Canadian official took a tough line when asked by a reporter whether he was serious about President Trump's talk of taking control of Canada, its economically dependent northern neighbor.
“To the president, I have a counter-proposal for him: Why don't we buy Alaska? And then throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?” Ford said. “You know, that's not realistic.”
“I know he likes to make these comments and he likes to joke about it. I… We take that seriously.”
“He may be joking, but that would never happen on my watch.”
Ford has tried to retaliate with Don before.
Last month, Ford, the younger brother of the late scandal-stained Toronto mayor Rob Ford, cut off power to more than 1 million people and cut off American beer over President Trump's proposed 25% tariffs. threatened to ban it.
“That would cut off the lights for 1.5 million Americans,” Ford said. “If they're coming at us, we have to stand up for Canadians, and we have to stand up for Ontarians.”
Canada is the largest energy exporter to the United States, spending about $3 billion a year on Canadian electricity to power residents in states such as Michigan and New York.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a similar message to his former and future commander-in-chief.
“There's no chance that Canada will become part of the United States,” said Prime Minister Trudeau, 53. I wrote to X. “Workers and communities in both countries benefit from being each other's largest trade and security partners.”
President Trump rejected the idea that the United States needs Canada as a trading partner in any capacity, suggesting it is the duty of Canadians to seek the protection of a strong U.S. military.
Before announcing his resignation, Trump first raised the possibility of Trudeau taking over Canada, repeatedly referring to him as the “Governor of Canada.”
On Monday, President Trump reignited the issue with a post on Truth Social after Prime Minister Trudeau announced his intention to resign.
“Many people in Canada love being our 51st province. The United States can no longer suffer from the huge trade deficits and subsidies that Canada needs to survive,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Knowing this, I resigned. If Canada merged with the United States, there would be no tariffs, much lower taxes, and we would be completely safe from the threat of Russian and Chinese shipping that constantly surrounds Canada. What a great country we will have,” Trump said. Posted in Truth Social.
The soon-to-be Prez also addressed the issue during a news conference Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago.
“Here is Canada's problem. We are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to protect Canada,” he told reporters.
President Trump then said the United States does not need a partnership with Canada to buy Canadian cars, lumber, dairy products or icebreakers.
“We don't need anything they have. So why are we losing $200 billion a year to protect Canada?” Trump asked.
The president-elect also said he is ready to use economic power to get the results he wants.
President Trump continued his public campaign to take over America's allies on Truth Social on Tuesday night, posting two meme-like maps.
one showed “UNITED STATES'' is written above the outline of both countries.
In another post, Canada and the United States were draped in American flags with the caption: “Oh, Canada!”
Canada's courtship comes as the incoming Trump administration hopes to purchase Greenland.
Donald Trump Jr. paid his father's first visit to the icy island nation in years on Tuesday. Be the first to comment In taking over the country.
“I hear the people of Greenland are MAGA,” President Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday, along with a video of a local man wearing a MAGA hat.
The president-elect said the United States has economic and national security interests in Greenland.
“We will protect and cherish it from a very vicious outside world. Let's make Greenland great again!” the president-elect posted.
