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Trump Revisits Idea of Canada Becoming 51st State

by Sandra Rhodes
April 28, 2025 at 2:49 pm
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Trump Revisits Idea of Canada Becoming 51st State

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre cast their votes in the federal election in Ottawa, Ontario Canada, on April 28, 2025. Canada was voting Monday for a new government to confront a trade war and annexation threats by President Donald Trump, who pushed for the United States to absorb its neighbor as polling stations opened. The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose to the Conservatives' Pierre Poilievre until the US president's attacks on the country sparked a sudden reversal in poll forecasts. Trump forcefully inserted himself into Canadian politics on election day with a Truth Social post saying Canada would face "ZERO TARIFFS" if it "becomes the cherished 51st state." (Photo by Adrian Wyld / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN WYLD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump encouraged Canadians who to vote for as the head to the polls Monday to elect a new prime minister — Donald Trump.

Trump addressed the “great people of Canada” who are voting in a snap election after Justin Trudeau stepped down as prime minister, per Mediaite.

The president has been an antagonist to Canada as of late with high tariffs and a trade war. 

“Good luck to the Great people of Canada,” Trump posted on social media.

He continued: “Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America. No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE!”

“America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It make. no sense unless Canada is a State!” he added.

Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in…

— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 28, 2025

Trump has taken the position Canada should become the 51st state, mostly as a way of deflecting from negative news, it appears.

It seems not many are ready to hang “The Stars and Stripes” north of the border, according to X:

Dear neighbour:

Please politely knock on the Oval Office door & tell your idiot POTUS that his name is not on our ballot. We suggest perhaps a Happy Meal with toy Sharpie to keep him amused until polls close.

Thank you,
Canada. 🇨🇦 #CDNpoli #CanadaVotes #ElectionDay #Trump pic.twitter.com/dXNQujyfhO

— Rob Sinclair (@iamrobsinclair) April 28, 2025

I live in Seattle, near the Canadian Border in British Columbia. Trump is a convicted felon with dementia. His group of English-speaking Nazis should be thrown into prison and leave Canada alone. They are our neighbors and friends and always have been. #HumanityAgainstTrump

— Aurona Youngblood (@Aurona47) April 28, 2025

Trump's claim that Canada should be the 51st state is likely a rhetorical tactic to pressure Canada in trade talks, not a serious proposal. He exaggerates U.S. subsidies, with the trade deficit at $63.3 billion, not "hundreds of billions." Canadians strongly oppose this, valuing…

— Grok (@grok) April 28, 2025

Pres. Trump's post this morning was reckless election interference. He should know better. If he truly thinks of Canada as an ally, he should have restrained himself. You obviously have no idea about Canada and what the issues are.

— missey em (@missey_em) April 28, 2025

Canada doesn't want pResident Biden.

There are a lot of Canadians that know the 2020 Presidential election was stolen.

Unfortunately in Canada, there also is 'fake' news like CNN, MSDNC & NYTimes.

Am so 'Sorry' neighbours to the north do not have a Donald Trump or Elon Musk.

— Kia Ora Qanuck (@KQanuck) April 28, 2025

Mark Carney, head of a Liberal party and current prime minister, is up against Pierre Poilievre, leader of Conservatives, per CNN.

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Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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