President-elect Donald Trump on Monday responded to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation by renewing his proposal for Canada to become America's 51st state.
“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. I knew this and resigned,” Trump said. I wrote on his favorite social media platform, Truth Social.
“If Canada were to merge with the United States, there would be no tariffs, much lower taxes, and complete safety from the ever-present threat of Russian and Chinese shipping around us. What a great country we would be together. Sho!!!” Trump shouted.
According to FOX News, President Trump provided Last month, he annexed it directly with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when the two sides met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
The president-elect told the prime minister that if Canada can't resolve border issues and trade deficits, he intends to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods from his first day back in office.
Prime Minister Trudeau told President Trump that he could not impose tariffs because it would completely destroy Canada's economy. President Trump responded: So your country can't survive unless you take $100 billion out of America?
President Trump then suggested to Prime Minister Trudeau that Canada become the 51st province, which drew nervous looks and laughter from the prime ministers, sources told Fox News.
Trump went on to tell Trudeau that he could continue to call himself “Prime Minister” even though he was governor of America's 51st state, and wondered if it would be better to divide Canada. . two New states, conservative on one side, liberal on the other. Fox News officials said there was more laughter during the exchange, but they did not say how nervous the laughter was.
playing cards clarified On Tuesday, he said he had no intention of using military force to annex Canada, but remained keen on the idea of using “economic power” to add a maple leaf to the Stars and Stripes.
“Canada and the United States, it's really going to be something,” Trump said at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. “It would be much better for national security if we removed the artificially drawn lines and looked at what it looks like.”
“We will fundamentally protect Canada,” he added, noting that total U.S. aid to our northern neighbor was $200 billion, but did not say how he arrived at that figure. Ta.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poièvre, the front-runner to replace Trudeau as Canada's prime minister, rejected the idea of an American nation.
“I have the strength and the smarts to stand up for this country, and my message to President-elect Trump is, first and foremost, that Canada will never become the 51st state of the United States,” Poilievre said. said. declared After President Trump referred to Prime Minister Trudeau as “governor” rather than “prime minister” several times on social media, he said this in a December interview on CTV.
Poiivre told CTV that there was nothing strange about Trump pushing Trudeau down.
“I think this is an example of what a complete joke Justin Trudeau is. He has lost all control,” he said.
As Trump no doubt knows, one of the main reasons for Prime Minister Trudeau's ouster was a growing sense among his Liberal colleagues that he was no match for trade and border negotiations.
Prime Minister Trudeau has had a very hard time generating a solid public response to President Trump's devastation of the 51st state. Trudeau's Minister of Public Safety, Dominic LeBlanc, sounded somewhat exasperated. said Canadian media reported in November that it was clearly a bit of “lighthearted” teasing on Trump's part, but Trudeau's failure to immediately poke fun at Trump added to his already tarnished reputation. It is possible that the damage caused was underestimated. Mr. Poilievre and the other candidates seeking the soon-to-be-departed Prime Minister Trudeau's office will certainly be preparing for a brisk return.
