Trump does not spare similar ideas in his speeches, thereby provoking foreign politicians, who are beginning to reciprocate in the same spirit. “We have an offer for you. Do you think we want to be the 51st (American) state? Nope. Maybe California would like to be the eleventh (Canadian) province. What do you think? California, Oregon, Washington?” said May at Wednesday’s press conference, according to The Daily Beast.
The politician for the Canadian opposition Greens also sent a message to the governors of all three American states, namely Gavin Newsom (California), Tina Koteková (Oregon) and Jay Inslee (Washington).
“Do you want to declare a referendum for your citizens?” she asked and offered all these states that they would receive universal health care and stricter gun laws as part of integration.
Let’s make Greenland great again, Trump said. The Danes offer him negotiations on closer cooperation in the Arctic
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This is how the Canadian politician reacted to Trump, who on Wednesday published a map on social networks where he depicted Canada as part of the USA. “Oh, Canada,” he captioned the post.
Regarding her proposal, May said that Trump should think about it because it offers benefits. “You could get rid of all those states that always vote for Democrats. And you know what else? We will also get rid of (Democratic Senator) Bernie Sanders,” added the Canadian.
Trump already showed interest in Canada at the end of last year, saying that he would like to use economic power to fulfill his dream. He ruled out the deployment of the army.
Connect Canada to the US? Great idea! wrote Trump. He threatened the country with high tariffs
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May is not the first Canadian politician to respond to Trump. For example, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Doug Ford, said on Monday that Canada could buy Alaska and Minnesota from the US. He did it as a counteroffer to Trump, saying that he does not take his statement about joining Canada seriously.
“I know that he likes to do such things and that he likes to joke, I understand that. Maybe he’s joking, but it will never happen during my tenure,” he responded to Trump.
In his reaction, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dryly stated that “there is absolutely no chance that Canada would become part of the United States”.
In addition to Canada, Trump also expressed interest in the Panama Canal or Greenland, an autonomous territory belonging to Denmark. At the same time, the elected president stated that he cannot rule out military or economic pressure in order to achieve his goal.
For example, France responded to his statements, whose Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated that the European Union will not allow attacks on the sovereignty of its borders. The outgoing German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, expressed a similar opinion, according to which “the principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country”.
In recent days, Trump has also stated that he would like to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaumová responded to this at a press conference, where she paused at the term Mexican America in front of an old map from before the existence of the USA. “Sounds nice, doesn’t it?” she remarked.
Mexican America, that sounds nice. The President of Mexico leaned on Trump because of his ideas with the Gulf
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