Trump Refuses to Back Down on Annexing Canada to Create ‘the Most Beautiful Landmass’
President Donald Trump is not letting go of the idea the United States absorbing Canada as its 51st state, telling reporters Friday that adding Canada to the U.S. would create “the most beautiful landmass in the world.”
During a Q&A with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called America’s northern neighbor a “nasty negotiator” that took advantage of the U.S. “for a long time.”
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy then asked Trump what he thought about the notion that if the U.S. did acquire Canada, it would be a “very big and very, very blue” state.
Yes, it’s a serious question.
Trump dismisses idea annexing Canada would lead to influx of Democratic voters
Although Trump has made no secret that he wants to turn America’s northern neighbor into its “51st state,” some U.S. Republicans fear annexing Canada would add millions of Democratic-leaning voters to the mix, as well as 50 more House seats and two additional senators.
“They’d have a sizable delegation in the House,” Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) told NBC News. “I don’t think anybody thinks that’s a great idea. Oh, by the way, how many Electoral College votes are they going to get?”
Eventually, Trump got around to answering Doocy’s original question ― sort of.
“Now is [Canada] liberal? Maybe. But, you know a conservative [unintelligible] until I got involved,” he said. “I don’t care who wins up there. Frankly, I would probably do better with a liberal than a conservative if you want to know the truth.”
DOOCY: Are you concerned that if Canada became the 51st state, it would be a very very blue state?
TRUMP: You have that artificial line that looks like it was drawn by a ruler. I don’t mean a ruler like a king, I mean a ruler like a ruler. It’s just an artificial line.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025年3月21日 12:09
Of course, people on social media had thoughts about Trump’s latest Canada comments, and many noted the “artificial line” could also apply to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Americans were grateful for Canadian aid during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980
Earlier this week, Trump blasted Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, telling Fox News in an interview the politician “is, stupidly, no friend of mine.”
“I don’t know, but [Poilievre] said negative things,” Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Tuesday. “I think it’s easier to deal actually, with a liberal, and maybe they’re going to win, but I don’t really care.”
But on Friday, he suggested there might be an untapped conservative majority in Canada.
“Just a little while ago, before I got involved and totally changed the election … the conservative was leading against, I call him Governor Trudeau,” Trump claimed. “So, you know, so I don’t know about that. I think Canada is a place, like a lot of other places, if you have a good candidate, the candidate’s gonna win.”
Trump has made no secret of his plans for Canada since his inauguration in January, once declaring in a Truth Social post that hockey legend Wayne Gretzky would decide whether or not it would happen.
Earlier this week, Trump was pressed on the Canada question by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, and Trump reaffirmed his stance that Canada was “meant to be” the 51st state and claimed the U.S. didn’t need Canada’s lumber or automotive manufacturing exports.
Trump: “We don’t need anything from Canada, and yet it costs up $200b in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that … some people don’t have the cards.”
Trump: “We don’t need anything from Canada, and yet it costs up $200b in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that … some people don’t have the cards.”
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Trump Gives Weird Response To Fox News Question About Canada Statehood
Canada’s $1 coin is affectionately known as the “loonie,” a word that could also describe Donald Trump’s latest response to a question about annexing the country.
Trump referred to the U.S.-Canada border as an “artificial line,” a callback to a quip he used a week earlier.
“You know, you have that artificial line ― that straight artificial line that looks like it was drawn by a ruler,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I don’t mean a ruler like a king, I mean a ruler like a ruler. It’s just an artificial line.”
He continued his “artificial line” rant further, by once again mentioning how beautiful America and Canada would look together as one entity.
“It was just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand ― or in the ice,” Trump said. “You add [Canada] to this country, what a beautiful land mass! The most beautiful land mass anywhere in the world. And it was just cut off for no reason! It would be great!”
Meanwhile in Canada,
If you want peace, prepare for war – an ancient lesson Canada must remember
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war. This ancient Roman aphorism is starkly relevant to Canada’s situation today, no matter how contrary it seems to our national culture.
U.S. President Donald Trump believes that the treaty that demarcates the Canada-U.S. border is invalid and that the boundary should be moved. Put simply, he wants to take our land. And the risk of that happening is higher if we pretend it doesn’t exist.
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If it’s an artificial line that has no legal force, then Canada makes immediate claim to New York, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, Wyoming and Washington. Make America Canada Again!
So….the border between Canada and the U.S. is just an “artificial line”, arbitrarily drawn by some rando.
But the border between Mexico and the U.S….
Well that must have been emblazoned into the land by Jesus himself!— doggledoggle.bsky.social (@doggledoggle.bsky.social) 2025年3月21日 12:24
Trump: You know, you have that artificial line because it is straight artificial and look like it was drawn by a ruler. I don’t mean a ruler like a king but a ruler like a ruler this way. It is just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand. In the ice. You add that to this… pic.twitter.com/zvi4Vwu3PZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 21, 2025
Meanwhile,
American officials closing Canadian access to library in Stanstead, Que.
The Town of Stanstead said in a news release late Thursday evening that U.S. officials have made a “unilateral decision” to close access on the Canadian side. It’s not clear why the change was made.
The library recently made international headlines after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited it in January, stepping over the tape on the Canadian side of the building and referring to Canada as the “51st state” multiple times, the library’s executive director, Deborah Bishop, told CTV News in an interview earlier this month.
A line crossing the Haskell Library and Opera House in Stanstead, Que. on Thursday, May 16, 2019, marks the border between Canada and the United States. Built in 1904, the library that straddles the international border in Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont, has long been a symbol of harmony between the two countries
The library, which is privately funded but receives U.S. government grants, has welcomed Canadian and American visitors for more than a century since it was built in 1904.
The changes come amid deteriorating diplomatic ties between the two countries since the 2024 presidential election and Trump’s repeated threats of annexation of Canada, and his description of the Canada-U.S. border as an “artificial line.”
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