Rubio reiterates Trump's view that Canada 'would be better off' as a US state [View all]
Source: USA Today
Updated April 27, 2025, 10:28 p.m. ET
As Canadians prepare to vote for prime minister in an election where President Donald Trump looms large, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated the president's desire to make Canada a U.S. state.
"They'll have their elections this week," Rubio said about Canada on NBC's "Meet the Press". "They're going to have a new leader, and we'll deal with a new leadership of Canada. There are many things we work with cooperatively on Canada on, but we actually don't like the way they treated us when it comes to trade."
Pressed by "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker whether Trump still wants to make Canada part of the United States, Rubio responded: "I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state. I mean, he has said that based on what he was told by the previous prime minister, who said Canada can't survive unless it treats the U.S. unfairly in trade."
Trump began pressuring Canada on trade issues before taking office and repeatedly said the country should become a new U.S. state. He recently told Time magazine that he's serious about Canada becoming part of the United States. "I'm really not trolling," Trump told Time. "Canada is an interesting case." He complained about the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and said the United States doesn’t need Canadian products. "And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state," he added.
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