‘No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes no sense!’
“No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year?” he wrote. “Makes no sense!” (Trump presumably meant $100,000,000,000, or one hundred billion, the figure he has used in the past.)
He continued: “Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State. They would save massively on taxes and military protection. I think it is a great idea. 51st State!!!”
The post, copied to X from Trump’s Truth Social platform, drew more than 13,000 likes and hundreds of responses, most of them boiling down to “hear hear” or “no way.”
But a more sober second thought came from Norman Spector. The Canadian journalist, former diplomat and one-time chief of staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney replied: “Serious question: Is this about [1] THE ART OF THE DEAL, [2] getting rid of Trudeau, or [3] annexation [in whole or in part]?”
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