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And we want him and his administration to understand the importance we put on Canadian workers and Canadian job,
One of the things I think we need to be very clear to everyone, including Mr. Trump, is that Canadians will always stand up for our nation, our country,
I think Canada would be much better off being the 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada. And I'm not going to let that happen,
Trump said in the interview It's a way for him, I think, to sow confusion, to agitate people, to create chaos knowing this will never happen. It's becoming very counterproductive,
At which point the president said, well, then you should become a state. And that's where this began,
We are very fundamentally [a] different country, ... We're the masters in our home
he said, before forcibly stating We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the United States,
It's good — we're doing it for our own reasons, to be clear. For our own people, for the high-paying jobs,
Look at the cabinet behind me. You would not have that cabinet in America,
The economics means we shouldn't,
Don't keep treating us with disrespect. Enough is enough,
I've been clear. The ministers behind me, I think, to an individual, when asked, have been clear,
Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters in Ottawa, shortly after being sworn in to office The U.S. president has once again aired the thought of annexing us,
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday as he called for a meeting of the nation's political party leaders to address Trump's argument I’ll tell you how it came about: [Trump] was in a meeting with Trudeau and Trudeau basically says that if the U.S. imposes tariffs on Canada, then Canada couldn’t survive as a nation state, at which point the president said, ‘Well, you should become a state,'
The Canadian government has made their position, how they feel about it [annexation] clear, and the president has made his argument about why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States for economic purposes,
They’d have a sizable delegation in the House,
Well, I think Canada is a neighbor,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Tuesday briefing Clearly, the president is looking for some results,
said Amodei, who launched the bipartisan American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus in 2023 and reintroduced a House resolution affirming the U.S.-Canada partnership last month If he wanted Canada — if he really wanted it — he’s harmed the prospects of Canada being the 51st state by the way he’s approached it,
said John Bolton, a national security adviser during Trump’s first term who has since broken with him It is not a meeting about how we’re going to take over Canada,