Donald Trump has offered a new deal to Canada if they agree to become the 51st state.
After signing off on tariffs across the world, Trump made an offer to Canada as a way for them to avoid paying them, by becoming America’s 51st state.
Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has remained adamant that it was ‘never going to happen’.
Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney then issued a scathing message to Trump only moments after being elected.
Speaking to his supporters on April 29 in Ottawa, he said: “Humility is also about recognizing that one of the responsibilities of government is to prepare for the worst, not hope for the best.
“As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country – never.
“But these are not these are not idle threats, President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us – that will never, that will never ever happen. But we also must recognize the reality that our world has fundamentally changed.”
On May 27, Trump refreshed his offer. Taking to social media, he shared: “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.”
POTUS signed off on ‘catastrophic’ tariffs for Canada, Mexico and China in an attempt to hold the countries ‘accountable’ for what he claims is a failure to ‘halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US’.
Any goods imported have had a 25% tariff tacked on and Canadian energy products have had an additional 10%.
Trump then claimed the only way to avoid the tariffs would be for Canada to become the 51st state of the US.
Taking to his own social platform, Truth Social, Trump previously penned: “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a retaliatory tariff on the U.S., our reciprocal tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!”
In response, Trudeau said: “Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they are talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense,”
“I want to speak directly to one specific American, Donald.
“It’s not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.”
He continued: “That is never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.
“This is a time to hit back hard and to demonstrate that a fight with Canada will have no winners.”
The tariffs come from Trump claiming that Canada has a ‘growing production of fentanyl’ – a drug that killed ‘9.8 million Americans’ last year, that they are allegedly sneaking it into the US.