President-elect Donald Trump has once more brought up the notion of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, this time saying “many Canadians” support the idea.
“Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State,” Trump wrote in a Dec. 18 Truth Social post, adding that Canadians would “save massively on taxes and military protection.”
Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as a U.S. state, with the first mention taking place during his Nov. 29 meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau told Trump during the meeting that his proposed 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods would devastate the country’s economy. Trump replied that if Canada couldn’t survive despite its large trade surplus, which he estimated at $100 billion, it might as well become the 51st state, with Trudeau serving as governor, according to a Fox News report on Dec. 2….