U.S. President Donald Trump is as soon as once more calling on Canadians to contemplate changing into the 51st state — this time on the morning of the federal election.
On Monday, Trump posted on Reality Social that Canadians ought to elect a pacesetter who would decrease taxes, improve navy may and eradicate tariffs, although he didn’t point out any particular candidate.
“Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America,” he posted.
“No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State,” he continued.
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Trump’s 51st state feedback began throughout his second time period as president, his looming presence swiftly elevating the stakes in what has turn into a historic election in Canada.
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Trump’s persistent undermining of Canada’s autonomy, bolstered partly by a tariff struggle that started in North America earlier than escalating globally, has solid a shadow over the federal election, forcing many Canadian voters to contemplate which candidate they suppose is finest geared up to handle the Trump administration.
Although his rhetoric round Canada’s sovereignty has taken a again seat in latest weeks, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned early this month that Trump nonetheless intends to make Canada the 51st state.
Final week, in an interview with Time journal to mark Trump’s first 100 days in workplace, the president restated his need to annex Canada.
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“You’ve talked about acquiring Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, and making Canada the 51st state. Maybe you’re trolling a little bit on that one. I don’t know,” the interviewer mentioned, in response to a transcript of the interview posted on-line by the publication.
“Actually, no, I’m not,” Trump responded.
“I’m really not trolling. Canada is an interesting case.”
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Trump went on to falsely declare that the U.S. spends billions of {dollars} a yr “supporting Canada” and repeated his barb about former prime minister Justin Trudeau, calling him “governor.”
“I asked a man who I called Governor Trudeau. I said, ‘Why? Why do you think we’re losing so much money supporting you? Do you think that’s right? Do you think that’s appropriate for another country to make it possible, for a country to sustain’ and he was unable to give me an answer,” Trump mentioned.
He then claimed that the U.S. pays for Canada’s navy and “every aspect” of Canadians’ lives.
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In a marketing campaign video on Monday morning, Liberal Celebration Chief Mark Carney — who, as of Sunday evening, was main his closest rival Conservative Chief Pierre Poilievre by 4 proportion factors, in response to an Ipsos ballot — mentioned, “This is Canada, and we decide what happens here, let’s choose to be united and strong.”
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Poilievre responded to Trump’s newest jab at Canada in a social media put up, writing on X on Monday: “President Trump, stay out of our election. The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box. Canada will always be proud, sovereign, and independent, and we will NEVER be the 51st state.”
President Trump, keep out of our election. The one individuals who will resolve the way forward for Canada are Canadians on the poll field.
Canada will at all times be proud, sovereign and impartial and we’ll NEVER be the 51st state.
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