No doubt readers have seen President-elect Trump’s comments about making Canada the 51st state. On social media, Trump has joked about incorporating Canada into the U.S., with both comments and memes. In addition, he remarked in a Meet the Press interview on Dec. 8 that Canada and Mexico may as well be states given the fact that the U.S. has been subsidizing both nations to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Of course, Trump is being Trump, and no one should take him seriously on this matter. He is a master at “trolling” and poking his contemporaries on the world stage where it hurts. His comments come in the wake of his tariff threats, which have sent politicians in my native Canada into a frenzy.
In fact, presently the reigning Liberal Party of Canada is in a state of free-fall, with yet another massive deficit tabled in Parliament. The government is expected to fall by February at this rate, if not any day now. (RELATED: A Christmas Gift For Canada: Could Trudeau Resign?)
On Dec. 16, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland — the same woman who froze the bank accounts of trucking freedom fighters in 2022 — resigned unexpectedly after Trudeau threw her under the bus. Reacting to this, Trump jabbed at Trudeau and Canada even further, posting: “The Great State of Canada is stunned as the Finance Minister resigns, or was fired, from her position by Governor Justin Trudeau. Her behavior was totally toxic, and not at all conducive to making deals which are good for the very unhappy citizens of Canada. She will not be missed!!!”
In any event, the path to Canadian statehood is practically impossible — unless America were to take it by force — and ultimately undesirable for Americans, especially Republicans.
Canada is massive. To put it in perspective, Texas, the second largest state in the U.S., is one-third the size of Ontario, the largest province in Canada. America has almost ten times the population, but the expansive Canadian landscape would mean a lot ...