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Canadian leaders want Trump to stop 51st state talk: 'the joke is over'

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Canada's Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, said Trump's rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is "becoming very counterproductive."

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  1. Canada as a 51st state? Republicans would never win another general election

    Headline from The Conversation US ·

  2. Newest

    Canadian leaders want Trump to stop 51st state talk: 'the joke is over'

    Headline from Newsweek ·

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  1. The Conversation US

    Canada as a 51st state? Republicans would never win another general election (opens The Conversation US)

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    Canada as the 51st state would doom the Republican Party. If Donald Trump cannot understand he’s taunting useful U.S. allies with annexation threats, he could at least follow his electoral instincts.

  2. Fox News

    Trump reacts to Trudeau resignation: 'Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State' (opens Fox News)

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    Trump is suggesting again that Canada become the 51st U.S. state just hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his intention to resign.

  3. New York Post

    Trump floats Canada becoming 51st state as Trudeau steps down: ‘Together, what a great nation it would be’ (opens New York Post)

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    President-elect Donald Trump continued his crusade of taunting Canada to become America's 51st state Monday after the northern neighbor's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his resignation.

  4. The Hill

    Canada’s Conservative leader slams Trump’s ’51st state’ idea (opens The Hill)

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    Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, shot back at President-elect Trump’s idea of making his country America’s 51st state. “Canada will never be the 51st state. Period. We are a great and independent country,” Poilievre wrote Tuesday in a statement on social platform X.

  5. MyNorthwest

    Canadian leaders say Trump's talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn't funny anymore (opens MyNorthwest)

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    TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to undermine

  6. The Hill

    What to know about Trump’s calls to make Canada the ’51st state’ (opens The Hill)

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    President-elect Trump has doubled down on his suggestion of a merged United States and Canada in the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign. Some have shrugged off Trump’s suggestion that Canada should “become the 51st state” as an old joke or mere posturing, while other…

  7. Newsweek

    Canadian leaders want Trump to stop 51st state talk: 'the joke is over' (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Canada's Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, said Trump's rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is "becoming very counterproductive."

  8. Fortune

    I'm a Canadian listening to Trump. Let's talk about 'the 51st state' (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    If the U.S. President-elect is serious about a merger with Canada, here are some things to consider.

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