He president Donald Trump He said he speaks seriously to want Canada becomes state number 51 of USA in an interview broadcast on Sunday during the show prior to the Super Bowl.
“Yes, that’s how” he said Trump to Bret Baier of Fox News Channel When asked if his idea of annexing Canada “It’s real,” as the Canadian prime minister recently suggested Justin Trudeau.
“I think that Canada It would be much better being the state number 51, because we lose 200 billion dollars a year with Canada. And I will not allow that to happen, “he said.” Why are we paying 200 billion dollars a year, in essence a subsidy to Canada? “
USA is not subsidizing Canada. Americans acquire products from the rich nation in Natural resourcesincluding raw materials such as oil. Although the trade deficit In assets it has increased in recent years to 72,000 million dollars in 2023, the US imports of Canadian energy.
Trump He has repeatedly suggested that Canada It would be better if you agreed to become the 51st state of USAa perspective that is deeply unpopular among Canadians.
Trudeau said Friday during a session behind closed doors with business and labor leaders than the idea of Trump to do Canada State number 51 of USA It is “really” and is linked to your desire to access the Natural resources of the country.
“The Lord Trump It has in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country, and it is really. In my conversations with him about this, “said Trudeau, according to CBC, the public broadcaster of Canada. “They are very aware of our resources, what we have, and they really want to benefit from them.”
In the interview, which was previously recorded the weekend in Florida, Trump He also said that he has not seen enough action by Canada and Mexico to avoid the tariffs he has threatened to impose on the two largest commercial partners in the country.
“No, it’s not enough,” he said. “Something has to happen. It’s not sustainable. And I’m changing it.”
Trump He agreed last week a 30 -day pause in his plan to impose Mexico and Canada A 25 % tariff over all imports except oil, natural gas and Canadian electricity, which would be taxed with 10 %, after countries take measures to appease their concerns about border safety and drug trafficking.
While traveling on Sunday in the Air Force One to the match for the American football championship in New Orleans, Trump He said that on Monday he would announce 25 % tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum that he receives USAincluding those of Canada and Mexicoand a plan to apply reciprocal tariffs later in the week.
“It’s very simple: if they charge us, we charge them,” he warned.
The participation of Trump In the interview he marked a return to tradition. Usually, US presidents grant an interview to the channel that transmits the game of the Super Bowlthe most watched television event of the year. But Trump And his predecessor, Joe Biden, were little constant in his participation.
Biden refused to participate last year and in 2023, when his team’s attempts failed so that the president He will speak in a Fox Corp. streaming service, instead of on the main network. During his first term, Trump Three of four years participated.
Trump It also became Sunday the first president American in functions in attending Super Bowl In person, something he told Baier that he was surprised to know.
“I thought it would be good for the country to have president In the game, “he said.
During your flight to New Orleans, Trump signed a proclamation in which he declared on February 9 as “the first day of the Gulf of USA“While the Air Force One It flew on the body of water to which the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
In the interview, Trump He also defended the work of the billionaire Elon Muskwhose so -called Government Efficiency Department (Doge) has been generating deep concern among Democrats while mobilizing to close entire government agencies and dismissing broad sectors of the Federal Labor Force, in order to eradicate the waste and inefficiency.
Musk, he said Trumpit has “been fabulous”, and then he will focus his work on the Department of Education and the armed forces.
“We are going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and embezzlement,” he predicted Trump. “I campaigned about this.”
He was also asked about his dance, which has become a popular meme on social networks.
“I don’t know what it is. I try to go sometimes without dancing and I can’t. I have to dance because there is something special in it,” said the president.
