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Although Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, it will actually be a while before he is gone. What Trudeau did was prorogue parliament until March 4, which means it will not be in session but will not be dissolved. During this period, the Liberal Party will select a new leader, after which Trudeau says he will finally depart from the scene, at least a couple of months from now. Yet Donald Trump wasted no time in commemorating his departure with — you guessed it — yet another call for Canada to become the 51st state of the United States of America.
Early on Monday afternoon, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State. The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned. If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”
At this point, it’s hard to sustain the idea that Trump is just joking. This started out as a rhetorical jab, albeit one so sharp and stinging that it catapulted Trudeau into the downward spiral that culminated in his pending resignation, but now it looks increasingly as if he is serious. Fox News reported back in early December that during their first post-election meeting, Trump told Trudeau that “Canada has failed the U.S. border by allowing large amounts of drugs and people across the border, including illegal immigrants from over 70 different countries.”
The once-and-future president “became more animated when it came to the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which he estimated to be more than $100 billion,” and told his vapid Canadian counterpart that “if Canada cannot fix the border issues and trade deficit, he will levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods on day one when he returns to office.”
Trudeau immediately played the left’s only card: victimhood. He told Trump that he couldn’t impose such a tariff “because it would kill the Canadian economy completely.” To that, Trump shot back: “So your country can’t survive unless it’s ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion?” Trump “suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others to laugh nervously.” Trump pushed on, telling Trudeau “that prime minister is a better title, though he could still be governor of the 51st state.”
Fox noted that “while sources say the exchange got many laughs, Trump delivered the message that he expected change by January 20.” Trudeau went away knowing very well that he wasn’t going to get away with playing the same game that he played with Obama or Biden. Neither of them would have threatened tariffs over the flow of illegal migrants and drugs into the United States in the first place, and if they had offered any criticism of Canadian policy at all, it would have been toothless rhetoric that would have been forgotten as soon as the meeting was over.
Since then, Trump has repeated his call for Canada to become the 51st state several times. His Monday Truth Social post offered the fullest explanation yet of his rationale. Canada is a massive welfare case, and the U.S. can’t keep shelling out for it: “The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat.” If Canada is going to depend upon the U.S. for its very survival, then it should end the pretense and join the Union.
Trump’s words will be again dismissed as the ravings of Bad Orange Man or a bad joke on Justin Trudeau that he insists, like your drunk uncle at Christmas dinner, on repeating over and over, but he has genuine considerations in mind. Whether by a formal merger or by means of economic hegemony, if the U.S. doesn’t get Canada, China likely will. The United States would be much stronger against the threat from China, and it would quell Chinese influence on its northern border if Canada and the U.S. were to merge.
The same rationale underlies his oft-repeated calls for the acquisition of Greenland, which he also restated on Monday, saying, “I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA.’ My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights. Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”
A United States plus Canada and Greenland would mean the end of Chinese adventurism in both areas. There is a method to Trump’s apparent madness. He is, as always, working with an eye toward doing what he has promised to do: make America great again.
He certainly does have a talent for getting interesting ideas out there!
Trudeau blew it big time just like Biden Obama a nd Clinton(Bill) did that’s one reason Biden withdrew from the Elections along with Biden’s Campaigns against Fossil Fuels based upon Politics and Junk Science
“Well……………….Bye.”
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“A United States plus Canada and Greenland would mean the end of Chinese adventurism in both areas.”
And the retaking of the Panama Canal would mean the end of all Chinese adventurism in the Western Hemisphere.
Did Carter actually have a legal right to give away the Panama Canal that the U.S.A. built at such great cost?
I don’t believe so.
Biden didn’t have the legal right to excuse student loans but he did it anyway. So, there’s that…
Our almost-former, Idiot Savant PM, was trolled by Trump….and he and the MSM that still hate Trump, are going crazy. They go back to their standard ” MAGA bad” playbook attacks, failing to see they are being played. Only 16% of Canadians are still delusional …or are financially or ideologically invested enough in trudeau, to still support him. It is pathetic to see the predictable responses up here. The sooner the toilet gets flushed at Sussex Drive,… the sooner the author of the destruction of our country will get flushed around the bend and into the sewer, the sooner Canada and the world will feel much better thank you. It’s been 9 years of constipation.
It is SO REFRESHING to have a REAL MAN in the White House who LOVES and FIGHTS FOR America with all his heart and soul.
I disagree with Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state. They would become the 51st through 60th states.
Canada would not be a “51st state”, but a number of states, probably up to ten. There is ONE major issue which hasn’t been talked about on both sides of the border. WHO in US politics would benefit? Republicans or Democrats? If you study polls and some electoral trends many Canadians are very liberal. Most will vote Democrat! That will mean more Democrat Congressmen and Congresswomen, Senators and Electoral College votes! Canada’s inclusion into the US will tip the balance firmly to the Democrats! Would conservative Republicans want this?! I doubt it. I think Trump is chiding Trudeau, and with an election coming us Canadians will definitely vote in the Conservatives. Pierre Poilievre will be Prime Minister, and when he sees President Trump he will assure him the that border security issues are being resolved. Both Canada and the USA will be on its way to sanity, and a better relationship.
That’s true. Our Capt Smith wants to turn the Titanic and keep repeatedly ramming the iceberg until his ship sinks, taking all souls with it as it heads to the bottom. But is is not HIS fault. Just ask him.
This was my first thought. Thank you for articulating it: If Canada became part of the US, conservatives would never win another national election. Another poster stated it right: Canada is a huge welfare state
Can Canadians be expected to pivot from that any time soon? I think not.
Be careful what you wish for.
I think you’re right about that. It wasn’t a bunch of conservative voters that put Canada where it is. Socially and politically. Maybe Poilievre can show them leftist welfare-ism is not a winning strategy. I’ll give him one term before Canadians want their freebies back.
How about the U.S. becoming the eleventh province.? The democrats would love that!
Why does Trump want a 51st state? I’m almost sorry I voted forvhim. Millions of newvDeocratic voters? I shudder at thevthought.