President Trump said he would talk to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about making Canada the 51st state. But the president said he didn’t expect it to get to the point of using military force — though he wouldn’t commit to the same for Greenland.

“Something could happen with Greenland, I’ll be honest,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired on Sunday.  He said that “we need that for national and international security,” but he added “I don’t see it with Canada. I just don’t see it.”

  • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Making us citizens and giving us statehood are two different things, and I could see the former, but not the latter. Not that we would join willingly in the first place

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      5 hours ago

      Then he needs to stop calling it a 51st. A state can vote. A territory cannot.

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        3 hours ago

        Do US territories legit get no representation in government?

        In Canada the territories are a riding, thus have a seat in Parliament (A massive one due to their small and spare population)