Trump’s 51st state jibe ‘not funny anymore,’ MPs say
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'It’s offensive,' said Sault St. Marie MP Terry Sheehan when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comment about making Canada the 51st state.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest remarks about wanting Canada to become the 51st state are “offensive” and “not funny anymore,” Canadian MPs and the Ontario premier said on Wednesday.
Trump was speaking about his “Golden Dome” missile defence plans in front of military officials who had been abruptly summoned to attend a speech on Tuesday by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at which Trump also spoke.
Trump told the gathered generals that “Canada called” a few weeks ago to ask to be part of the missile defence shield, and said he replied that Canada should join the United States to get it for free.
“President Trump is back at it again,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Wednesday, speaking to reporters after a meeting with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Toronto.
“I’m going to ignore him.”
Ford said Canada needed to focus on what it can do on its own.
“He drives me crazy. I’ll talk about him. But let’s stop worrying about this guy and start worrying about what we can do as a country,” he said.
Members of Parliament who gathered in Ottawa for caucus meetings in Ottawa also spoke about the remarks on Wednesday, with Sault St. Marie Liberal MP Terry Sheehan calling the remarks “offensive.”
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Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. relation also says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement.
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