{"id":2378525,"date":"2024-12-10T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-canada-statehood-rhetoric-to-a-new-level-after-meeting-with-trudeau\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:54:41","slug":"trump-takes-canada-statehood-rhetoric-to-a-new-level-after-meeting-with-trudeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-canada-statehood-rhetoric-to-a-new-level-after-meeting-with-trudeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Takes Canada Statehood Rhetoric to a New Level After Meeting with Trudeau"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-takes-canada-statehood-rhetoric-to-a-new-level-after-meeting-with-trudeau%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a playful interaction between President-elect Donald Trump and\u200b Canadian\u2062 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.\u200d Trump jokingly referred\u2062 to Canada as an &#8220;American fiefdom&#8221; and suggested that Trudeau,\u2063 whom \u200dhe \u2062mistakenly called the &#8220;Governor of the Great State of\u2063 Canada,&#8221; consider canada as the 51st \u2063state of the U.S. During their meeting,\u2062 which \u200cfocused on trade and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a>, \u2063Trump emphasized the need for \u200bCanada to tighten\u2063 its borders against illegal immigration\u200c and to\u200b negotiate a more favorable trade agreement for the U.S. Despite \u2063the lighthearted banter,\u2062 Canadian Minister \u2063Dominic LeBlanc assured that Trump&#8217;s comments were made in jest and \u200dnot a serious proposal,\u2062 reflecting the friendly rapport between the two leaders. LeBlanc characterized the evening as social rather\u2062 than formal, highlighting both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/severance-could-have-brilliantly-satirized-our-joyless-technocracy-but-season-1-falls-short\/\" title=\"\u2018Severance\u2019 Could Have Brilliantly Satirized Our Joyless Technocracy, But Season 1 Falls Short\">humorous moments<\/a> and productive conversations for\u200b canada.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump took his trolling of &nbsp;Canadian Prine Minister Justin Trudeau to a new level Tuesday by suggesting his nation was an American fiefdom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,&rdquo; Trump posted Tuesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113626786987358864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113626786987358864\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all! DJT,&rdquo; &nbsp;Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Trudeau met at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 29 after Trump suggested he might slap a tariff on products from Canada, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-suggests-canada-become-51st-state-after-trudeau-said-tariff-would-kill-economy-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump made it clear during their talks that he wants America&rsquo;s northern neighbor to tighten the border for illegal immigrants using that route to enter the U.S. and also strike a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-war-is-over-nigel-farage-on-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union-announcing-they-finally-have-come-to-an-agreement\/\" title=\"\u201cThe War Is Over\u201d \u2013 Nigel Farage On The United Kingdom and the European Union Announcing They Finally Have Come to an Agreement\">trade deal<\/a> that is more favorable to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>During their conversations over dinner, Trump made the comment that Canada should become the 51st state, according to the unnamed sources quoted by Fox.<\/p>\n<p>During the dinner, someone warned Trump that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-makes-trudeau-humiliating-offer-just-take-canada-get-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a> would be a very liberal state.<\/p>\n<p>That comment, according to Fox&rsquo;s sources, led Trump to suggest Canada could enter as two states &ndash; one conservative and one liberal.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, Trump posted an AI-generated image of him standing with a Canadian flag, captioned &ldquo;Oh Canada.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Oh Canada! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OodAiRqojo\">pic.twitter.com\/OodAiRqojo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump Posts on &#120143; (@trump_repost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trump_repost\/status\/1864060508732809664?\">December 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Canadian minister at Mar-a-Lago said all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/canada-begins-making-key-border-changes-trudeau-meets-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a> were in fun, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/donald-trumps-comment-to-justin-trudeau-about-canada-becoming-51st-state-was-a-joke-minister\/article_938e870e-b18c-11ef-9d33-1f86bf1feb4b.html#tncms-source=login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic LeBlanc, a minister present at the dinner, was asked if the comment meant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-big-warning-mexico-canada-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> considers Canada a joke.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not at all, not at all. That was not the context at all. In a three-hour social evening at the president&rsquo;s residence in Florida on a long weekend of American Thanksgiving, the conversation was going to be lighthearted,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President was telling jokes. The President was teasing us. It was, of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment we had,&rdquo; the Canadian minister added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the fact that there&rsquo;s a warm, cordial relationship between the two leaders and the President is able to joke like that for us was a&nbsp;&mdash; we don&rsquo;t have a transcript. Nobody, if you look carefully at the picture, nobody had pads that were taking notes. It was a social evening,&rdquo; LeBlanc said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t a meeting in a boardroom with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">10 bureaucrats keeping notes<\/a>. It was a social evening. 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Trump tweeted, \u201cIt was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so we can continue our in-depth discussions on Tariffs and Trade, which will yield fantastic results for everyone! DJT.\u201d Their meeting took place at Mar-a-Lago on November 29 after Trump hinted at imposing tariffs on Canadian goods, as reported by Fox News. During their discussions, Trump expressed a desire for Canada to strengthen its border against illegal immigration and negotiate a trade agreement more beneficial to the U.S. He even suggested that Canada could become the 51st state but was cautioned that it might lean liberal politically. This led him to propose that Canada could join as two states\u2014one conservative and one liberal. A few days later, he shared an AI-generated image featuring himself with a Canadian flag captioned \u201cOh Canada.\u201d A Canadian minister present at Mar-a-Lago stated that all comments were made in jest, emphasizing that it was meant to be lighthearted during their social gathering over Thanksgiving weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-17.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3957,6802,14260,3634],"class_list":["post-2378525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-canada","tag-statehood","tag-trudeau","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-17.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378529,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378525\/revisions\/2378529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}