Washington – President Trump has said he is very serious when Hello, Canada argues It should become The 51st State of the United States.
Trump Bristled Duration an interview with Time magazine When one of his journalists promoted it: “You have talked about acquiring Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, Making Canada the state 51. Maybe you’re trolling a little in that [last] One. “
“Actually, no, I am not,” said the president.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that he is not joking about Canada becoming part of the United States; He thought that the local opposition to the idea makes it unlikely in the short term.
A Time journalist continued: “Well, do you want to grow the American Empire?”
“Well, it depends,” Trump explained. “As an empire, it was not, these are not things that we had before, so I would see it a bit different if we had the right opportunity.
“Yes, I think Greenland would be very good If they, I think it is important for us national security and equally international security, “he added. I think Canada, what you said that,” well, that, I could be trolling. “But I’m not really trolling.”
Trump has rarely mentioned the annexation of Canada since Mark Carny He assumed the position of Prime Minister last month of Justin Trudeau, whom Trump mockingly called “governor.”
“Canada is an interesting case. We lose $ 200 to $ 250 billion a year supporting Canada,” the president told Time.
“And I asked a man, who I called Governor Trudeau, I said: ‘Why? Why do you think we are losing so much money supporting him? Can’t give me an answer, but it costs us more than $ 200 billion a year to attend to Canada?
“We are taking care of their military. We are taking care of all aspects of their lives, and we do not need to make cars for us. In fact, we do not want them to make cars for us. We want to make their own cars. It is not a timber of Canada.
Surveys show that most Canadians oppose joining the United States, thought that the precise increase in the question obtains different results and younger citizens seem more inclined to accept Trump’s idea.
Surveys conducted in December and January by Army marketing and the Angus Reid Institute He found 13% and 10% support, respectively, for Canada that joined the US.
But Psos discovered that, although 80% of Canadians said that “they would never vote to join the US 30% saying they would vote to join the United States Under those conditions.
In a signal, Trump’s idea can have power of permanence, younger voters were more open about the idea.
Among the Canadians between 18 and 34, the support to join the United States reached 43% in the Ipsos survey When citizens and complete conversion of assets were mentioned.
