CHERRY MEIGH TIMBOL
REDSTATE | Published December 3, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly joked to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau that if tariffs are a threat to collapse his country’s economy, then maybe Canada “should become the 51st state.”
The news comes from Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy, who spoke with two people who were at the dinner table when Trudeau traveled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, to discuss the proposal.
Trump last week announced a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, citing the scourge of illegal immigration and the humanitarian crisis involving the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“This Tariff will 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.”
As our RedState colleague Becca Lower reported, Trudeau went straight to Trump to give him his thoughts on the proposed tariffs.
“Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” the Canadian PM said.
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SOURCE: www.redstate.com
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DAILY MAIL |Published December 3, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump floated to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday that maybe Canada should become the ’51st state.’
Fox News reported Monday night on new details from the impromptu Mar-a-Lago meeting, which was Trump’s first face-to-face get-together with a world leader since winning reelection on November 5.
Trudeau made a surprise trip to Palm Beach, Florida on Friday after Trump threatened last Monday to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada, blaming the U.S.’s northern neighbor for some of the illegal immigrants who have flowed in.
During their sit-down, Trudeau told Trump he cannot levy a 25 percent tariff on Canada because it would completely kill the Canadian economy.
Trump replied – so your country can’t survive unless it’s ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion?
The president-elect then suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others at the table to laugh nervously, Fox’s sources said.
Trump added that while prime minister is a better title, Trudeau could still be a governor.
The sources said that someone at the table suggested Canada would be a really liberal state, which cued laughter.
Trump then suggested that Canada could be divided into two states – a conservative and a liberal state.
He then told Trudeau if he didn’t stop people from flowing over the northern border, Canada could become one or two U.S. states, the sources said.
While the exchange prompted laughs, sources also told Fox that Trump gave a serious message to Trudeau about immigration enforcement.
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SOURCE: www.dailymail.co.uk
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