Trump implies Canadians should vote for him on election day

Mark Gollom · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 10:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

U.S. President Donald Trump injected himself into the national predetermination connected Monday, appearing to suggest Canadians ballot for him erstwhile they spell to the polls.

"Good luck to the Great radical of Canada,'" Trump wrote on his societal media tract Truth Social.

"Elect the antheral who has the spot and contented to chopped your taxes successful half, summation your subject power, for free, to the highest level successful the World, person your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and each different businesses, QUADRUPLE successful size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America."

Trump went connected successful his station to repetition his argument that Canada joining the U.S. would beryllium advantageous to the country, on with the mendacious assertion that the United States subsidizes Canada with "hundreds of billions of dollars a year."

Trump's commercialized warfare with Canada and the tariffs imposed connected the country, on with repeated threats astir Canadian sovereignty, became cardinal issues successful the 36-day campaign.

The U.S. president became an contented again past week aft it was revealed successful a Radio-Canada study that Trump had raised the contented of Canada becoming the 51st authorities successful a telephone helium had with Liberal Leader Mark Carney connected Mar. 28.

On the run trail, Carney was forced to respond to questions astir why, astatine the time, he did not notation that Trump brought up the 51st authorities issue, instead saying that Trump had respected Canada's sovereignty.

When asked successful a caller interrogation with Time mag whether helium was conscionable trolling erstwhile talking astir Canada as a 51st state, Trump responded. "Actually, no, I'm not."

"I'm truly not trolling. Canada is an absorbing case.… I accidental the lone mode this happening that truly works is for Canada to go a state."