Fox News reported on Monday that Trump made the comment in response to the Canadians raising concerns that tariffs would hurt the economy, but Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the incoming president's suggestion was said in jest.
OTTAWA — President-elect Donald Trump was joking when he suggested Canada become the 51st U.S. state during a dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Florida on Friday, said a Liberal minister who attended the meeting.
Fox News reported on Monday that Trump made the comment in response to the Canadians raising concerns that tariffs would hurt their economy."The president was telling jokes, the president was teasing us. It was of course on that issue in no way a serious comment," LeBlanc told reporters on his way into a cabinet meeting."We had a discussion on trade issues, on border security that was very productive.
Five days before the dinner Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico unless the two countries stop migrants and illicit drugs such as fentanyl from entering the U.S. LeBlanc said on Monday that the group discussed the impact of tariffs on Americans during the meeting, including that imposing tariffs on Canada would hurt the U.S. economy as well.Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press
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