Trump Refuses to Back Down on Annexing Canada to Create ‘the Most Beautiful Landmass’

President Donald Trump is not letting go of the idea the United States absorbing Canada as its 51st state, telling reporters Friday that adding Canada to the U.S. would create “the most beautiful landmass in the world.”

During a Q&A with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called America’s northern neighbor a “nasty negotiator” that took advantage of the U.S. “for a long time.”

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy then asked Trump what he thought about the notion that if the U.S. did acquire Canada, it would be a “very big and very, very blue” state.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Canada are tough traders and I want to tell you, they are tough traders. They trade very top. You know, the expression I use is some people don’t have the cards. I use that expression of the week and a half ago, right? Somebody was negotiating the didn’t have the cards now I think is saying he wants to do it. I think we will have a big deal on that very special something and we have to do a deal on that. That Canada has been a very nasty negotiator against the United States and took advantage of the United States for a long time. But nobody knows they were getting 270% tariffs Ontario products.

PETER DOOCY: I don’t think I have heard you say this and all at the talk about Canada becoming the 51st state. Are you concerned if they became the 51st state, they would be a very, very blue state. Very, very big and very, very blue.

TRUMP: You know, you have that artificial line because it is straight artificial and look like it was drawn by a ruler. I don’t mean a ruler like a king but a ruler like a ruler this way. It is just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand or in the ice. You add that to this country and what a beautiful landmass. The most beautiful landmass anywhere in the world. It was cut off for whatever reason.

Trump has made no secret of his plans for Canada since his inauguration in January, once declaring in a Truth Social post that hockey legend Wayne Gretzky would decide whether or not it would happen.

Earlier this week, Trump was pressed on the Canada question by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, and Trump reaffirmed his stance that Canada was “meant to be” the 51st state and claimed the U.S. didn’t need Canada’s lumber or automotive manufacturing exports.

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