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Why would the US want Canada as a 51st state?

There’s method in the madness of Trump’s recent outrageous statements claiming interest in expanding US territory to include Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

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A 2007 photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with then US President Donald Trump.

A 2007 photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with then US President Donald Trump.

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He never seems to give up. Minutes after

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation

on Jan 6, Donald Trump publicly repeated his hope that

Canada might consider joining the 50 states

that currently make up the United States. “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his preferred online platform.

There is not a shred of evidence that this is true. Nor is there any proof that politicians or ordinary citizens in Denmark are interested in selling Greenland, the massive Arctic island which Trump claims to be interested in buying.

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