{"id":2384043,"date":"2024-12-27T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-oleary-says-hell-negotiate-economic-union-with-canada-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T14:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:19:56","slug":"kevin-oleary-says-hell-negotiate-economic-union-with-canada-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-oleary-says-hell-negotiate-economic-union-with-canada-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O\u2019Leary says he\u2019ll negotiate \u2018economic union\u2019 with Canada &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fkevin-oleary-says-hell-negotiate-economic-union-with-canada-washington-examiner%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=2384043&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>Kevin O&#8217;Leary has expressed his willingness to travel to \u2064Mar-a-Lago to negotiate what he terms an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-putin-celebrate-unprecedented-friendship-at-genocide-games\/\" title=\"Xi, Putin Celebrate &#039;Unprecedented Friendship&#039; at Genocide Games\">economic union<\/a>&#8221; with \u2062Canada. This statement\u2064 highlights his interest \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fostering \u2062closer \u2063economic ties<\/a> between the two nations. \u2062O\u2019Leary, known\u200c for his entrepreneurial \u200cbackground and public commentary on \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-a-moment-for-jim-demint\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: A Moment For Jim DeMint\">economic issues<\/a>, is looking to engage in discussions that could\u200c potentially lead to important economic collaboration. Further details on his proposals and the\u200d implications of\u2062 such negotiations \u2062were not \u2062included in the brief overview.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kevin O&rsquo;Leary says he&rsquo;ll negotiate &lsquo;economic union&rsquo; with Canada<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1921802\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-oleary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kevin O&rsquo;Leary<\/a> volunteered to head to Mar-a-Lago and negotiate an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">economic<\/a> union&rdquo; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canada<\/a> instead of Canadian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justin-trudeau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Trudeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The most interesting proposal[President-elect[President-elect<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>]has put forward in the last 48 hours is Canada,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Leary told Fox Business on Thursday. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s 41 million Canadians, basically the population of California, sitting on the world&rsquo;s largest amounts of all resources, including the most important: energy and water. Canadians over the holidays, the last two days, have been talking about this. They want to hear more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under Trump, the United States and Canada have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-marks-20-years-of-chinas-great-hollowing-of-u-s-industrial-base-economy-and-working-class\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton Marks 20 Years of China&#039;s &#039;Great Hollowing&#039; of U.S. &#039;Industrial Base, Economy, and Working Class&#039;\">massive economic growth<\/a> and prosperity opportunities through the Keystone XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to O&rsquo;Leary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2737614&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=f67cae808964298b6071ee41871d607f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;What this could be is the beginning of an economic union,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Think about the power of combining the power of the two economies, erasing the border between Canada and the United States, and putting all that resource up to the northern borders, where China and Russia are knocking on the door.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Leary added that a secured border and common currency between the U.S. and Canada are just a few measures that would ensure a possible union.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Figure out taxes across the board, get everything trading both ways, create a new, almost EU-like passport &hellip; I like this idea, and at least half of Canadians are interested,&rdquo; according to O&rsquo;Leary. &ldquo;The problem is the government is collapsing in Canada right now. Nobody wants Trudeau to negotiate this deal. I don&rsquo;t want him doing it for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, I&rsquo;m gonna go to Mar-a-Lago. I&rsquo;ll start the narrative. Of the 41 million Canadians, I think most of them would trust me on this deal,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump offered to help make Canada the 51st state in a Christmas message posted to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens&rsquo; Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%,&rdquo; said the post. &ldquo;[Their] businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1921802\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1921802\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin O\u2019Leary offers to negotiate an &#8216;economic union&#8217; with Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2384044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP22348589852830-scaled-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3957,47487,37455],"class_list":["post-2384043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada","tag-economic-union","tag-kevin-oleary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP22348589852830-scaled-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384043","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384047,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384043\/revisions\/2384047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}