“Canada called me a couple of weeks ago, they want to be part of it, to which I said, ‘Well, why don’t you just join our country. You become 51 — become the 51st state — and you get it for free,’” Trump told the assembled officials.

“So, I don’t know if that made a big impact, but it does make a lot of sense.”

Trump also claimed Canada is having “a hard time up there” because “as you know, with tariffs, everyone’s coming into our country.” The president then boasted about investment leaving Canada and other countries and going into the United States, pointing to automobile plants.

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    13 hours ago

    Even if part of Canada wanted to leave and join another country, why the fuck would they join the US? Our job growth is in the shitter, no one can afford groceries, fuck you if you need medical attention because it’d be cheaper to just die. Plus there’s the orange cancer toddler-in-chief currently stinking up the white house, brainworms is in charge of health, and the military is run by a moron who preaches manliness to the fucking Generals…