Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources

[Kyle]

Trudeau made a hastily arranged visit to Mar-a-Lago last Friday after Trump threatened Canada with tariffs


President-elect Trump suggested to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week that if a tariff for failing to address trade and immigration issues would kill the neighbor to the north’s economy, maybe it should become the 51st state, sources told Fox News.

Last Friday, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago unannounced after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Specifically, Trump is threatening to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico over their failures to curb the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs from those countries into the U.S.

Now, new details are beginning to emerge about the meeting between the two men, which Trump called "very productive."

Before nibbling on crab cocktail and slurping down oysters, the issues of tariffs, border security and trade deficits were front and center.

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources

President-elect Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his country should become the 51st state if it can't fix trade and immigration issues without ripping off the U.S.

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But seriously... NO!

 

[SamSpade]

No chance. At least, eastern Canada is way too socialist. Some of the western ones, they might be as they’ve had separatist movements - but they’d still prefer to be independent.

Actually I like the idea of Greenland, and Trump tried that - but they’re not interested.

 

[vraiblonde]

The party's over, you Mexicans and Canadians. Back to work.

 

[Kyle]

In all fairness, Mexico does have more to offer than Canada.

The ones that infiltrate the U.S. work at construction, processing, landscaping, residential and commercial cleaning, food service...

What the hell does Canada provide?

Actors and crappy Newcasters.

 

[phreddyp]

In all fairness, Mexico does have more to offer than Canada.

The ones that infiltrate the U.S. work at construction, processing, landscaping, residential and commercial cleaning, food service...

What the hell does Canada provide?

Actors and crappy Newcasters.

Lots of untapped energy sources, cold weather and snow.

 

[Sneakers]

What the hell does Canada provide?

Cold. Ice. Isolation for months on end.

 

[NOTSMC]

In all fairness, Mexico does have more to offer than Canada.

The ones that infiltrate the U.S. work at construction, processing, landscaping, residential and commercial cleaning, food service...

What the hell does Canada provide?

Actors and crappy Newcasters.

Royal Canandian Mounties!

 

[Monello]

What the hell does Canada provide?

The Canadian Rockies. Banff & Jasper National Parks. 108* natural hot spring rivers.

The big plus would be being able to drive to Alaska and not have to show a passport or answer all the questions at the border about how many guns you own and where are they right now.

 

[RoseRed]

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

 

[glhs837]

The Canadian Rockies. Banff & Jasper National Parks. 108* natural hot spring rivers.

The big plus would be being able to drive to Alaska and not have to show a passport or answer all the questions at the border about how many guns you own and where are they right now.

Got that once. Very odd. Wanted to say "Not here, so go suck a cheese curd, hoser" but since it was over 90 degrees and I had the wife and two kids in the car, I decided that discretion was the better part of valor since spending three hours while they tore apart the car would have been very very bad for my enjoyment of Niagara.

 

[Kyle]

... I decided that discretion was the better part of valor since spending three hours while they tore apart the car would have been very very bad for my enjoyment of Niagara.

Yeah. They dont' have much of a sense of humor either.

 

[phreddyp]

Yeah, the guy in the booth asked me about guns and pot about ten times, he was all business, the guys doing the search were comical. They wanted to know why a seventy-year-old single traveler didn't have a clue where he was going to stay the night or where he was going to be tomorrow night, until they ran across the souvenirs from all over the USA with all the receipts with dates and time stamps.

 

[NOTSMC]

eh - they gave us eh; as in Cold today eh?

 

[Gilligan]

eh - they gave us eh; as in Cold today eh?

meh

 

[NOTSMC]

meh

I think meh came from the Simpsons not Canada.

 

[NOTSMC]

Canada Dry Ginger Ale. That's another thing Canada gave us.

 

[NOTSMC]

ohhhh I got a whole list of things Canada gave us. Among the notables, the wonderbra, a hard cup jockstrap, instant replay, insulin, peanut butter, the Blackberry, poutine, trivial pursuit, guacamole, the egg carton....

 

[Merlin99]

In all fairness, Mexico does have more to offer than Canada.

The ones that infiltrate the U.S. work at construction, processing, landscaping, residential and commercial cleaning, food service...

What the hell does Canada provide?

Actors and crappy Newcasters.

Once they switch from illegal to legal they'll price themselves out of the market. They go from making $50-$100 dollars a day under the table to $15 dollars an hour

 

[Gilligan]

I think meh came from the Simpsons not Canada.

meh

 

[Gilligan]

Canada Dry Ginger Ale. That's another thing Canada gave us.

Owned by the Keurig/Dr.Pepper/Snapple group. I always wondered what kind of doctor Mr. Pepper was. My oldest daughter was an executive in that group...she couldn't tell me. She's with Pepsi/Frito-Lay now..guess I'll never know.