President of the United States Donald Trump said that the annex to Canada with military action is “very improbable”, but for Greenland, he does not exclude him.
In a Sunday interview on Meet the NBC press with Kristen WelkerTrump speaks of his Mar-A-Lago domain in Palm Beach, Florida, discussing his first 100 days in office. The conversation has expanded to the American economy and the trade disputes underway to its controversial declarations on the expansion of the American territory.
Trump floated several times The idea of transforming Canada into “51st state”. And despite the counterpoup, Trump does not withdraw from the idea, although it now says that a military path to annexation may not occur.
Trump said Nbc It was “very unlikely” that the United States needed to use force.
“I think we are never going to happen to this point, something could happen with Greenland … I don’t see it with Canada, I don’t see it, I have to be honest with you,” he said.
Trump left the door open to more assertive tactics involving Greenland, emphasizing the strategic value of the island.
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“I’m going to be honest, we need it for national and international security,” said Trump. “I do not exclude anything; We really need Greenland. We need it for international security. “
During the interview, Trump also said that there was considerable support for a third term.
“But that’s not something I’m trying to do,” said Trump. “I am trying to spend four big years and put it back to someone, ideally a great republican, a great republican to make him move forward.”
Trump’s remarks come a few days before a meeting planned with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney.
Trump said that cordially with Carney, saying he had congratulated him on his victory and noted: “He is a very nice man.”
In recent months, in the midst of the rates argument, Trump has intensified calls for Canada to become an American state.
March 11 In an article on social truthHe wrote: “The only thing that makes sense is that Canada becomes our fifty first darling state. It would make all prices, and everything else, disappears completely.”
Trump explained in the NBC interview: “I’m still going to talk about it. You know why? We subsidize Canada to the tune of $ 200 billion per year. We don’t need anything they have.”
“If Canada was a state, it would be great, it would be a darling state. If you look at our card … When I look down, without this artificial line drawn with a sovereign many years ago, it was just an artificial line … What a beautiful country it would be, it would be great. “
Carney clearly said Canada does not entertain Trump’s proposal, calling “disrespectful” remarks.
– with files from the Associated Press
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