Trump renews talks of Canada peacefully becoming 51st state
In a lengthy interview discussing his first 100 days in office, U.S. President Donald Trump once again broached the topic of Canada becoming the 51st state.
In a lengthy interview discussing his first 100 days in office, U.S. President Donald Trump once again broached the topic of Canada becoming the 51st state.
On Sunday, Trump said that it is “highly unlikely” military force would be necessary to make Canada the 51st state, reiterating his desire to incorporate the country into the United States.
The comments came during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, where Trump discussed his political future and ambitions.
His remarks on Canada drew attention in Ottawa, just days before he’s scheduled to host newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday.
Asked by NBC’s Kristen Welker whether his threats to turn Canada into an American state were serious, Trump responded that the process would likely not require military intervention.
“I don’t see it with Canada,” Trump said. “I just don’t see it, I have to be honest with you.”
Since returning to office, Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of annexing Canada, raising concerns among Canadians–particularly seniors, who made opposing Trump’s rhetoric their top election priority.
Although Trump has not walked back his earlier rhetoric, he indicated that he believes that Canadians could support integration voluntarily.
The Prime Minister has not commented yet on Trump’s recent statements.
Trump contrasted Canada with Greenland, where he left open the possibility of the use of military force.
“Something could happen with Greenland,” Trump said, calling the autonomous Danish territory “essential for national and international security.”
Trump previously floated a purchase of Greenland in his first term, a proposal rejected by the Danish government.
The NBC interview comes as Trump pushes to reassert U.S. influence on the global stage as his administration marks its first 100 days back in office.
Trump declined to offer specifics on how the U.S. could formally incorporate Canada. Trump argued that he holds support among the Canadian public, “We have a lot of support up there,” he said.
The White House did not issue an official clarification on any of Trump’s comments.
Trump and Carney are scheduled to meet Tuesday in Washington, D.C. for bilateral talks expected to focus on trade, defence cooperation, and regional security.
Con carney and trump are putting their scheming heads together. Con carney will com out with more cash for him, better trade deal for trump. 51st state will is trump's ace in the hole for negotiations. What we have is another thieving criminal for a leader, who is not a leader, but a money thieving criminal.
''I don't see it with Canada'', says Trump. Me neither. The US has recently woken (sorry about my choice of words) up concerning the threat of foreign cyber attacks by creating a new arm of their national defence, unlike Canada.
I have my own web site dealing with local politics. I attached a piece of software that traces the country of origin of foreign visitors and performs a sum of the visits. Most of the visitors are from the US, the UK and France. No surprise. But why are 30% of the visitors from the Republic of China? Is China so keen on altering the regular course of democracy in Canada that they feel a need to get involved in our municipal affairs? Also, the software I use to present my opinions is so-called open software where users can suggest changes to its operation. One was, apparently, a need to allow any visitor to populate my user file with his or her name without first asking my permission. The grand result is that that file is full of names from Russia, Belarus, Kazakstan and, bizarrely, occasionally, Poland. So if this is happening to me what is happening to government departments and MPs?