Trump suggests Canadians should elect him, making the country the 51st state
Source: ABC News
April 28, 2025, 12:28 PM
In a social media post on the day of Canada's election, President Donald Trump suggested that Canadians should vote for him in order for Canada to become the 51st state.
"Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, with ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America," Trump said on Monday, seeming to refer to himself as the candidate.
He added, "America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!"
Despite Trumps suggestion, Canadians cannot vote for him since he is not on the ballot. There are 16 registered political parties in Canada -- with the Liberals and the Conservatives being the most dominant. Other parties include the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the United Party and the Canadian Future Party.
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Irish_Dem
(69,096 posts)Jarqui
(10,634 posts)A new poll from Politico and Focaldata, which surveyed 2,826 Canadians from April 18 to April 13, found that only 14 percent of respondents view Trump favorably, while 75 percent view him unfavorably.
https://leger360.com/trumpists-in-canada/
March, 2025
79% of Canadians have a negative opinion of Donald Trump and 12% have a positive opinion
https://canadianlabour.ca/canadians-reject-trumps-tariff-threats-new-clc-poll/
77% of Canadians believe the federal government should retaliate by placing tariffs on American imports and 75% want Canada to cut off American access to Canadian resources like electricity, oil and wood.
Two in three Canadians reject an appeasement policy toward Trump.
vapor2
(2,209 posts)marybourg
(13,389 posts)JoseBalow
(7,313 posts)It just encourages more bullshit. Why keep giving his nonsense oxygen?
mdbl
(6,360 posts)Normal people, not so much.
NCDem47
(2,799 posts)They all ignored him anyway.
TomSlick
(12,358 posts)
mwooldri
(10,624 posts)Trump pushing the 51st State nonsense I feel can only but help the Liberals, especially since PP and the Conservatives hooked their wagons to the Trump Train a long time ago and they are still struggling to decouple from it.
William Seger
(11,569 posts)... at some of the things King Dunning-Kruger is doing.
Iamscrewed
(191 posts)FCK TRMP.
Karasu
(1,036 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(122,338 posts)Manger ma merde.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,561 posts)bmichaelh
(787 posts)This guy is so dumb.
Canada has 10 provinces and each one corresponds to a state.
In 1929, Congress set the total number of representatives to 435.
If it happened, the odds of electing another Republican president would decrease.
This is pattern of Trump's behavior. He does not consider ramifications of his actions.
I expect, Canadians do not want Trump.
They do not want high prescription prices.
They do not want government that cancels medical research.
They do not want healthcare system where medical bankruptcies exist.
They do not want healthcare system where insurers deny coverage for life-saving treatment.
They do not want a system where children that are citizens are deported while undergoing cancer treatment.