Trump: “Canada Is Serious Contender For 51st State”

“Canada, their taxes would come down greatly. Their security would go up greatly. Amazing things happen to Canada; and really, Canada in this particular — why would we pay $200 billion a year in subsidies to Canada when they’re not a state? You do that for a state, but you don’t do that for somebody else’s country; so I think Canada is going to be a very serious contender to be our 51st state.

“I spoke to Governor Trudeau on numerous occasions, and we’ll see what happens; but it just sets up so good for them. Look, the people would pay much less tax than they’re paying right now. They’d have perfect military protection.

“They don’t have any military protection, essentially, because — and you take a look at what’s going on out there. You have Russian ships; you have China ships; you have Chinese ships; you have a lot of ships out there and, you know, people are in danger. This is a different world today. It’s a different world. They need our protection, yes.” – Trump, speaking to reporters today in the Oval Office.

Trump: “Canada has been very bad to us on trade, but now Canada is gonna have to start paying up … they think we’re gonna protect them, with our military, which is unfair … Canada is gonna be a very serious contender to be our 51st state.”

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM