According to FOX NEWS, President-elect Trump suggested to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week that if a tariff for failing to address trade and immigration issues would kill the neighbor to the north’s economy, maybe it should become the 51st state, sources told Fox News.
Last Friday, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago unannounced after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Specifically, Trump is threatening to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico over their failures to curb the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs from those countries into the U.S.
Now, new details are beginning to emerge about the meeting between the two men, which Trump called “very productive.”
According to two people at the table who heard the discussion, Trump, while cordial and welcoming, was very direct when it came to what he wanted from his counterpart to the North.
Paraphrasing the discussion, Trump told Trudeau that Canada has failed the U.S. border by allowing large amounts of drugs and people across the border, including illegal immigrants from over 70 different countries.
Sources say Trump became more animated when it came to the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which he estimated to be more than US$100 billion.
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