Trump reportedly suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st American state

United States President-elect Donald Trump reportedly suggested to Justin Trudeau that Canada become the 51st American state.

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At least that’s what Fox News reported Monday evening. According to the American media, Donald Trump launched this proposal when the Canadian Prime Minister told him of his fears of the devastating impact of possible customs tariffs on his country’s economy.

Last Friday, Mr. Trudeau visited Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire’s Florida residence, to discuss his threat to impose a 25% tax on all goods from Canada and Mexico because these The latter would be responsible for the massive influx of illegal migrants and drugs on American soil, according to him.

According to Fox News, the discussion described as “productive” by Donald Trump heated up when the president-elect addressed the United States’ trade deficit with Canada, which he estimates at $100 billion.

Mr. Trump reportedly said he would move forward with his 25% tariffs on his first day in the White House if his northern neighbor failed to resolve the situation at the border and the deficit. commercial.

Justin Trudeau then reportedly replied that such a measure would kill Canada’s economy. To which, Donald Trump reportedly responded that Canada should become the 51st American state if it is not able to survive without scamming the United States out of hundreds of billions, reports Fox News.

The future occupant of the White House would then have continued by joking that Mr. Trudeau could still be governor there and that this state could be divided in two: a conservative and a liberal.

These remarks would have been greeted with several laughs, according to American media sources.