WASHINGTON – President Trump said he is serious and dead when he insists Canada should become America’s 51st state.
Trump bristled during an interview with Time Magazine When one of the journalists urged him, “You talked about winning Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, and making Canada the 51st province. [last] One. “
“In fact, no, I’m not,” the president said.
Trump has repeatedly argued that he has not made a joke about Canada becoming a part of the United States, but local opposition to the idea is unlikely to happen in a near term.
A journalist followed up. “Well, do you want to raise an American empire?”
“Well, it depends,” Trump explained. “As an empire, these weren’t what we had before, so we look at them a little different if we had the right opportunity.
“Yeah, I think Greenland is what I think if they’re going to do very well, and I think it’s important for us to national security and even international security,” he added. “Canada, what you said is, ‘Well, that’s, I might be trolling.’ But I’m not really trolling. ”
Trump rarely mentions Canada’s annexation, as Mark Carney took over Prime Minister from Justin Trudeau last month.
“Canada is an interesting case. We lost between $20-250 billion a year supporting Canada,” the president told Time.
“And I asked the guy who called Governor Trudeau, “Why? Why do you think we’re losing the money that’s supporting you? Do you think it’s correct? Do you think it’s suitable for other countries to make it possible? And he couldn’t give me the answer, but does it cost more than $200 billion a year to care for Canada?”
“We care for their military. We care about every aspect of their lives and we don’t need them to make cars for us. In fact, we don’t want them to make cars. We want to make our own cars. We don’t need their materials. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything from Canada.
The vote shows that most Canadians are against joining the US, but the exact language of the questions brings together different outcomes, and younger citizens tend to embrace Trump’s thoughts.
Surveys conducted in December and January Leger Marketing and Angus Reed Research Institute 13% and 10% support were found for Canada to join the US, respectively.
However, Ipsos claims that 80% of Canadians “never” vote to join the US, but found that the number softened when the questions included an offer of American citizenship and a conversion of Canadian dollars. 30% say they’ll vote to join the US Under these conditions.
Among the signs that Trump’s idea could remain in power, younger voters were more open-minded about it.
Support for Canadians aged 18-34 to join the US 43% in Ipsos polls When a complete conversion of citizenship and assets was mentioned.
