Another Canadian politician suggested some states might leave the US and join their neighbors to the north following Donald Trump’s threats to take over the country.
Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May proposed that all three liberal west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington join the Great White North.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a counter-offer to buy two US states, suggesting earlier this week that Alaska and Minnesota would join Canada.
Both comments contradict Trump’s suggestion that Canada become the 51st U.S. state — a sentiment that started as a joke last month but has become a serious proposal from the newly elected president in recent weeks.
After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned this week, Trump’s calls for the country to have its own state only intensified.
He posted an image of a map of North America to his Truth Social account on Wednesday with the pattern of the American flag for the US and Canada.
And when Trudeau said Tuesday on
“Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore so it doesn’t matter what you say,” Musk wrote on X.
Newly elected President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with the idea of Canada becoming America’s 51st state
He posted an image of the American flag pattern on a map of both Canada and the US on Wednesday
But Canadian politicians aren’t keen on getting involved in the US
At a press conference in Ottawa last week, May called on the president-elect and asked more liberal states if they wanted to switch to the cold side instead.
“Hey, Donald, do we have a deal for you?” she said. “You think we want to be the 51st state, huh? But maybe California wants to be the eleventh province. What about? California? Oregon? Washington?’
“This is what you get: free health care – universal free health care. No more one-year-olds suddenly falling off the Medicaid list and their parents being in the news for trying to do a GoFundMe so they can take their daughter to a doctor. Universal free healthcare,” she said, addressing the three West Coast states.
‘Guess what? Those gun laws that your Congress is too afraid of because of the national gun lobby. We already have our strict gun laws,” she added, trying to appeal to the country’s more liberal factions.
Because on the other hand, he was a little less hostile with his approach.
“You know something, I’ll make him a counter-offer to the president,” he told reporters on Monday. “What if we buy Alaska and include Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?”
He told CNN later on Monday that he was joking with his comments.
Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May invited the liberal west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington to join Canada instead
Trump told reporters during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday that the US is “not being treated well by Canada.”
“Canada is subsidized to the tune of about $200 billion a year, plus other things. They actually have no army. They have a very small army. They rely on our military. It’s all fine, but they have to pay for it. It’s very unfair,” Trump complained.
‘Something has to be done.’
“And we are going to impose very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada,” he reiterated.
Trump announced in late November his intention to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico in direct response to the proliferation of the migrant and fentanyl crisis.
This prompted Trudeau to immediately fly to Trump’s residence in South Florida for a meeting where he worked to get the incoming US president to change his mind on the tariffs.
He told Trump that the tariffs would cripple Canada’s economy, prompting Trump to suggest that its northern neighbors become a state to avoid taxes.
Trump believes that Canada costs the US money and should bear the economic consequences.
Elon Musk made fun of Justin Trudeau after he said “there’s not a snowball’s chance Canada would become part of the United States” and called the outgoing prime minister a “governor” in a nod to Trump’s desire to make Canada a state to make
Ontario Premier Ford says Canada is not responsible for the US economic problems, instead pointing the finger at China for sending them “cheap parts.”
“I’ve talked to so many governors, congressmen and senators and never once have they said Canada is the problem,” Ford told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday night.
“I’ll tell you who the problem is: China is the problem. China ships cheap parts and sends them through Mexico. Mexico applies a ‘Made in Mexico’ sticker and ships via the US and Canada. (It) costs American and Canadian jobs.”
Ford believes a bilateral agreement with the U.S. would address the issue rather than Trump punishing Canada with higher tariffs.
Trudeau announced in a speech outside his residence Monday morning that he will resign as Prime Minister of Canada
Trump on Monday doubled down on his proposal to make Canada a state, appearing more serious about the proposal.
“Many people in Canada are thrilled to be the 51st state,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after Trudeau’s resignation. “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 were to merge with the US, there would be no tariffs, taxes would be much lower and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese ships that constantly surround them,” he wrote.
“Together, what a great nation it would be!!!”