Donald Trump has unveiled a new ridiculous claim about his push to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.
He declared there had been so-called ‘progress’ in a plan that has left many people rightfully unconvinced.
The U.S. president declared on Tuesday, 27 May that he finally found a way to get Canada to ‘consider’ becoming a U.S. state. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he claimed that Canada “very much” wants to be part of his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence system.
The Golden Dome is a proposed defense system for the United States, however the country would need the help of Canada to make it happen.
He warned that Canada would have to pay $61 billion to join, however the fee would be waived if the country decided to become the 51st state.
Trump claimed: “I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State. They are considering the offer!”
Mark Carney
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney has repeatedly rejected Trump’s calls to make Canada the 51st state. In a statement to CTV News, Carney’s office said that position had not changed.
“The prime minister has been clear at every opportunity, including in his conversations with President Trump, that Canada is an independent, sovereign nation, and it will remain one,” the prime minister’s office said.
In a recent poll, around 80 per cent of Canadians said they were “strongly opposed” to becoming a US state.
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Not everyone wants Canada as the 51st state. This person wrote: “NO we don’t need or want Canada as it is a couple decades from third world status if that long. They are totally off their rocker up there and we should leave them well enough ALONE.”
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