The premier of Ontario, Canada, suggested that the country make a counteroffer to President-elect Donald Trump of purchasing Alaska from the United States and throwing in “Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time.”
Doug Ford made the comments, later saying that he was joking, in response to Trump’s ongoing ruminations of merging with Canada to become the 51st state of the U.S. “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” Trump said Monday.
“You know something, to the president, I’ll make him a counteroffer: How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?” Ford said Monday while speaking with reporters after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he’s stepping down.
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