On Friday on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom,” Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary commented on President-elect Donald Trump's comments about Canada becoming the 51st state of the United States.
“More than half of the 41 million Canadians want to know more and understand what this proposal actually is, because the concept of an economic union has been touted for 40 years,” O'Leary said. Because it makes sense.” Resources that Canada has, especially those that the United States needs, such as electricity and water. But there's another thing. You know, we were talking about the Canada-U.S. border. it doesn't matter. ”
He added, “The Department of Defense is concerned about our northern border, where China and the Soviet Union are, and have been on alert for decades. But China at the time had nothing. Now they're a serious problem, and I think to the core of this idea, and yes, it was a joke at first. maybe we can do something great here Because if you find a way to unite these two countries, it will be the most powerful country on earth, the most powerful military on earth, and the most powerful resource enemies everywhere will be able to thwart it. You will. That's the prize.”
Mr O'Leary added: “Combining strengths is an opportunity. We don't have to sell our countries, we don't even have to merge them, but we can create a union that brings together the important things: a common currency, a common passport, borders. Free trade across the country, especially in the energy sector, and think about what that means.”
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