According to Donald Trump, the US won’t accept Canadian vehicles or farm products in exchange since it defends Canada, has trade imbalances, and doesn’t get them. Citing worries about US military aid and trade imbalances, US President-elect Donald Trump suggested use “economic force” to coerce Canada into becoming the 51st state. He reaffirmed his intention to impose “substantial” taxes on Mexican and Canadian imports. In response to his worries about US military aid and trade imbalances with its northern neighbor, Donald Trump went on to say that the US swallowing Canada “would really be something.”
Trump remarked, “We’ve been good neighbors, but we can’t do it forever.” Donald Trump stated that he was “not going to commit to that” when asked whether he could rule out a military conflict to establish US authority over Greenland or the Panama Canal.
At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump declared, “I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this: we need them for economic security.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to Trump’s proposal on X by writing, “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.”
Trump makes References to Forcing Canada to Comply with US Demands:
- Donald Trump has often stated recently that he will use “economic force” to compel Canada into becoming the 51st state in the US.
- Trump said that the US can do without Canadian goods like milk and vehicles since it subsidizes it.
- “Canada, we won’t accept their products if you don’t take our automobiles, farm products, or anything else. In essence, we defend Canada. Every year, we spend hundreds of billions to care for Canada. “Trade deficits hurt us,” Trump declared.
- The incoming president attacked Mexico during the news conference, saying that the nation was rife with serious problems, including drug-gang-related crime, and that it was taking advantage of the United States in trade.
- “We support Mexico a lot, yet we have a huge deficit with them. We can’t allow them to be effectively controlled by the cartels,” Trump declared.
- “We’re going to be announcing a future date, and Mexico is in a very hazardous and troubled situation. We’re going to change quite soon since we do most of the work there, and it belongs to us,” he continued.
- In his second term, Trump promised to impose increased tariffs on Canada and Mexico in retaliation for their failure to do more to stop the flow of illicit narcotics and people across US borders.
