President Donald Trump said in an interview airing Sunday (February 9, 2025) at the Super Bowl press show that he hopes Canada will become the 51st state.
“Yeah,” Trump said when asked whether his story about the annexation of Canada’s annexation was “real,” as recently warned by Justin Trudeau of Canada. -Telled to Byer.
“I think Canada is much better off being the 51st state, as we lose $200 billion a year in Canada, and I’m not going to let that happen,” he said. “Why do we essentially subsidize Canada to pay $200 billion a year?”
The US does not subsidize Canada. The United States purchases products from countries rich in natural resources, including products such as oil. In recent years, the trade gap in commodity has surged to $72 billion in 2023, but the deficit primarily reflects the US imports of Canadian energy.
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Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada is suggesting that it would be better if he agrees to become the 51st state, a promising deep unpopular outlook among Canadians.
Trudeau said in a closure session with business and labor leaders on Friday (February 7, 2025) Trump’s story of making Canada the 51st province is “real” and access to the country’s nature Resources that he said he wanted.
“Mr. Trump keeps in mind that the easiest way to do it is to absorb our country and that’s true. According to Canadian public broadcaster CBC, Trudeau said. In a conversation with him…” Trudeau said. “They are very aware of our resources of what we have and are very hoping to be able to benefit from them.”
Speaking to reporters on Sunday (February 9, 2025) when he traveled to a Super Bowl game in New Orleans, Trump has long been one of the closest allies in the United States. continued to threaten him. He argued that Canada “cannot survive as a country” without US trade, and warned that members of the founding NATO could no longer rely on the US for military protection.
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“You know, they don’t pay much for the military, and the reason they don’t pay much is because they assume we’ll protect them,” he said. . “That’s not an assumption they can do. Why are we protecting other countries?”
In a pre-taped Fox interview in Florida this weekend, Trump also acted enough from Canada and Mexico to prey on tariffs he threatened to impose on the country’s two biggest trading partners. He said he didn’t see it. The 30-day extension has been upgraded.
“No, that’s not enough,” he said. “Something has to happen. It’s not sustainable. And I’m changing it.”
Last week, Trump agreed to a 30-day suspension with plans to slap Mexico and Canada with all import duties except Canada’s oil, natural gas and electricity. Measures to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking.
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On board the Air Force 1, Trump announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including Canada and Mexico, on Monday (February 10, 2025), and plans for later local tariffs He said that. week.
“In very simple terms, if they charge us, we charge them,” he said.
Trump’s participation in a Super Bowl interview marked a return to tradition. The president usually allowed him to sit in on a network that broadcasts the game. But both Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, were inconsistent with their participation.
Biden refused to turn down a large audience in Election Year last year, and in 2023, efforts came into the 2023 effort to get Biden to speak to the Fox Corp. streaming service instead of the main network. We’re screwed. During his first term, Trump took part in three of his four years.
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Trump was the first president to attend the Super Bowl in person. He said he was surprised at what he had learned.
“I thought it would be a good thing for this country to have the president in the game,” he said.
During his flight to New Orleans, Trump declared “First American Gulf Day” on February 9, as he flew over the waters renamed by a declaration from the Gulf of Mexico on February 9.
In an interview, Trump also defended the so-called government efficiency department, or Doge billionaire Elon Musk. Federal workforce in the name of eradicating waste and inefficiency.
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Musk said he was “great.”
“We’re going to find billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse,” Trump predicted. “I campaigned about this.”
He was also asked about the dance, which has become a popular meme on social media.
“I don’t know what it is,” he said. “I sometimes try to leave without dancing, but I can’t. I have to dance.”
Published – February 10th, 2025, 11:48am
