Following that of Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he resign as Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the liberal party, new president of the United States Donald Trump claims once again that many Canadians want see our country become an American state.
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social Monday, Trump wrote: “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st state.
Donald Trump once again suggests the idea of Canada merging with the United States and becoming the 51st state.
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“The United States can no longer endure the massive trade deficits and subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this and resigned,” he continued, adding that if Canada “merged” with the United States, “there would be no tariffs, taxes would go down significantly and they would be TOTALLY AT Sheltering from the Russian and Chinese threat.” Ships constantly surrounding them.
This is the latest in a series of recent digs Trump has made about Canada joining the United States – before Trudeau announced his resignation – Trump called him “Governor Trudeau” repeatedly.
In mid-December, after Chrystia Freeland’s explosive resignation from cabinet, he declared that Canada’s membership in the United States as a state would save on taxes and military protection and called it a “good idea.”»
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He first floated the idea in early December after Trudeau flew to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property and had dinner with the future president.
Details of their discussion are scant, but Trump said it was a “very productive meeting” and Trudeau called it a “great conversation.”
After their dinner, Fox News, citing unnamed sourcesreports that Trump suggested to Trudeau that if tariffs were killing Canada’s economy, then maybe the country should become the 51st state.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was also at the dinner, rejected Trump’s suggestion, saying it was “This is by no means a serious comment.»
“We were participating in a three-hour social at the president’s residence in Florida over a long American Thanksgiving weekend,” he told reporters at the time.
“The conversation was going to be light. The president was telling jokes. The president was teasing us. Of course, this was by no means a serious comment on this issue.
“We had a discussion on trade issues, on border security, which was very productive, but the fact that there is a warm and cordial relationship between the two leaders and the president, being able to joke like this, for us, it was a positive thing.
Trump has threatened that when he becomes president this month, he will. impose massive tariffs on all goods coming from Canada unless it stops the flow of migrants and illegal drugs into the United States
— With files from Saba Aziz and Sean Boynton of Global News
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