President Donald Trump, while speaking with reporters Friday, said that Canada would be a “cherished” 51st state, even if the United States needs nothing from its northern neighbor.
“Remember, with Canada, we don’t need their cars, and we don’t need their lumber,” Trump said in the press conference, carried live on Newsmax. “We don’t need their energy; we don’t need anything from Canada, and yet, it costs us a $200 billion a year subsidy to keep Canada afloat.”
The United States, he added, can’t be carrying a country that is “right next to us on the border.”
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