Trump: Canada Is “The Nastiest Country To Deal With”

Newsweek reports:

President Donald Trump has reiterated his call for Canada to become the 51st state of the United States. Trump, speaking to Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview, called the people who worked for Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “nasty.”

“I deal with every country, indirectly or directly. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada,” Trump said. When pressed by Ingraham on why Trump was apparently “tougher” on Canada than America’s “adversaries,” Trump responded: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state.”

He continued: “Canada was meant to be the 51st state because we subsidize Canada by $200 billion a year,” referencing an exaggerated estimate of the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office placed at $63.3 billion for 2024.

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