Trump tells Trudeau Canada could become 51st state after the PM complained about his tariffs
The president-elect’s meeting with the Canadian prime minister took an unexpected turn when a “gangster” suggestion was posed if the northern neighbor needed to keep “ripping off the U.S.”
“I’m literally giddy right now.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is still well over a month away, but that hasn’t stopped him from getting the ball rolling on negotiations to “Make America Great Again.” This included hosting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose concern over proposed tariffs had the GOP leader suggesting the red and white maple leaf flag come to represent a 51st state.
According to sources that spoke with Fox News after Trudeau’s trip to Mar-a-Lago Friday, Trump sparked nervous laughter from the Canadian entourage with his alternative solution should the Great White North falter doubly in responding to the president-elect’s border demands.
As a 25% tariff had been threatened should Canada fail to curb illegal entry into the United States and drug trafficking, Fox News reported, “Trudeau told Trump he cannot levy the tariff because it would kill the Canadian economy completely. Trump replied — asking, so your country can’t survive unless it’s ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion?”
“Trump then suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others to laugh nervously,” according to sources.
“Holysht [sic] I just spit out my drink. Everybody now: GANGSTER!” reacted one X account as another responded to the negotiating move, “I’m literally giddy right now.”
Of course, the president-elect didn’t let up there as it was further detailed that Trump commented prime minister is a better title while noting Trudeau could still be governor.
When it was suggested Canada would be quite liberal as a state, the once and future commander-in-chief was said to suggest a split for a red Canada and a blue Canada to add two states to the union.
As previously covered, the dinner was said to have lasted roughly three hours and further delved into topics of defense, NATO and Ukraine, energy, China, and next year’s scheduled G7 meeting set to be held in Canada.
Trump proposed days earlier, prompting a call for Trudeau within hours, that the tariff on “ALL products” would “remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!”
Since the meeting, Canadian Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, who was in attendance, said, “We got, I think, a mutual understanding of what they’re concerned about in terms of border security,” as the process to beef up efforts had already begun — a stark contrast to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s warning of “a response in kind” to Trump’s tariffs.
While Canadian guests at the dinner referred to the meeting as “very friendly and very positive” without mention of the proposed expansion of the United States, it was also made clear that “Trump delivered the message that he expected change by January 20.”
The apparent no-nonsense negotiating tactic that showed the president-elect’s preparedness to hold his ground after setting the terms was exactly the style of leadership that many had missed in his time away from the Oval Office, and reactions were absolutely ready for more.
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