Is Trump really serious about Canada becoming the 51st state?
Instead of taking Trump's border concerns seriously, Trudeau complained about Americans not electing Kamala Harris as president.
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Tonight, on The Ezra Levant Show, Trump keeps poking Canada in unusual ways — and he’s really pushing the 51st state idea. Why is he doing that?
President-elect Donald Trump continues to taunt his critics as Trump often does, including Canada's prime minister vis-a-vis social media.
In one post, he referred to Trudeau as the governor of the “Great State of Canada.” The post follows a joke he cracked during dinner with Trudeau, where he teased Canada becoming the 51st state following ruinous tariffs.
On November 25, Trump threatened Canada with 25% tariffs for failing to address its porous borders for years in any meaningful way.
"I think President Trump's hilarious": Alberta Premier @ABDanielleSmith reacts to @RealDonaldTrump's joke about Canada as the 51st state.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) December 4, 2024
Smith says the two nations need to "address some very real issues" like illegal migrants, drug smuggling and NATO defence spending. pic.twitter.com/06ropYCzKW
The president-elect then posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social, of himself standing atop a mountain with a Canadian flag flying, with the caption “Oh Canada.”
Though we don't think it's going to happen, it's real enough to start a million conversations. And take Canada's elites down a peg for a change.
Trump knows how to push buttons, and Trudeau keeps taking the bait.
Rather than taken it off the chin, our prime minister took it personally. Like the ego-maniac he is, Trudeau made Canada's porous borders about himself.
Trudeau scolds Americans for electing Donald Trump rather than "its first woman president.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) December 11, 2024
"I want you to know that I am and always will be a proud feminist," the PM adds. pic.twitter.com/Ehhb6j3C0C
Instead of taking Trump's border concerns seriously, Trudeau complained about Americans not electing Kamala Harris as president.
"I think we should fix the border for its own sake. If it takes Donald Trump to sort of spark our attention, so be it," said Ezra Levant, publisher for Rebel News. "I think there's a way to respect ourselves, to have some dignity, to defend our sovereignty, but also do a deal with this consummate deal maker."
You’d think we’d enforce the laws for our own sake — or what’s the point of having a law?
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Don Hrehirchek commented 2024-12-19 11:15:38 -0500I thank all the people who have commented. Many an observant view. Yes the election cannot come soon enough. -
Howard Mirkin commented 2024-12-19 06:40:56 -0500I think you Canadians will enjoy this: https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2024/12/18/change-is-coming-soon-in-canada-n3797997
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Howard Mirkin commented 2024-12-19 03:21:40 -0500When Trump says something, people tend to overlook what was said first that generated his response. The 51st state troll was in response to the failure of Canada to secure its side of the border against illegal trespass. It was not an out-of-thin-air remark, nor was it a threat to annex Canada. He was simply saying that if Canada wants to avoid tariffs that will hurt Canada more than the USA, all Canada needs to do is strengthen border security. Trump has said many times that on day 1 of his next term as President, 20 Jan 2025, he will begin a massive tightening of the U.S. borders, starting with deporting non-citizen, illegal alien criminals. He has already selected a tough border czar who will take necessary actions, unlike Kamala Harris who did nothing about border security in the Biden regimem except ensure that there was almost none. In addition you can be sure that Trump knows the complexity of the process to annex another state, and even attempting that would be counter to his America first policy. So Canadians need not worry about a U.S. takeover. Hopefully the US has learned its lesson too. It would be very helpful if Canada never elects another Trudeau or other globalist again. It is the globalists, after all, who seem bent on forcing WWIII on the world.
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Sandra Zarn commented 2024-12-18 23:14:24 -0500Thank you for this commentary, Ezra and for drawing Danielle Smith’s comments to my attention. I agree she is the real foreign affairs minister!
Also, I admit I don’t find the 51st state idea funny. In the 70’s an American friend, who happened to be a sergeant in the US military, jokingly referred to Canada as the 51st state. I didn’t find it funny then either.
One of my Pennsylvanian ancestors fought with Roger’s Rangers for the British Empire helping to make Canada, Canada. He was rewarded with wild unsettled land in southwestern Ontario. I would not like to think he had fought in vain.
Let’s just fix Canada by voting well, speaking up well, and supporting Rebel News. 😊 -
Don Hrehirchek commented 2024-12-18 21:55:37 -0500If You want to be part of the USA , You will also inherit 34 trillion dollars of debt. We in Canada only have 1/2 a trillion. I would not think of joining the US . Mr. T likes to rattle JT’S chain . And apparently You fall for his rattle.
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Mark Price commented 2024-12-18 21:25:22 -0500I think that Canada should be part of the United States. It would be better to have a stronger U.S. dollar. It would be better for Canadians to be part of a larger and more powerful country. It would be good for the U.S. because they would have more natural resources to tap into. We would have an economy larger than the European Union and be the first largest country in the world in land mass.
As far as different cultures are concerned, there are still regional differences within the U.S. So that wouldn’t affect Canada that much either.
Sooner or later, this is going to eventually happen. Canada is too reliant on the U.S. to be independent. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2024-12-18 20:50:04 -0500We should say to Trump, “Take the west and screw the rest.” The most valuable part of Canada is Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the Peace region. And we’d have that wonderful second amendment so we can protect ourselves. Come to think of it, push Canada back to its 1867 boundaries.
As for the synnagogue firebombings, Some unfortunate Jew must die before the lacklustre police take notice. Let’s not be a reenactment of National Socialist Germany. Citizens have sat idly by for way too long. And if jihadis start riots, deal with the rioters like any other criminals. Force gets respected, not timidity.
