After British Columbia Premier David Eby and fellow premiers emerged from a White House meeting with advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, he wanted to make something clear: Canada would not become the 51st state.

“We had frank conversations about the 51st state comment where we underlined that that was a non-starter, that was obviously consistent among all the premiers,” he said, referring to Trump’s recent musings about Canada joining the United States.

'We only agreed to share Premier Eby's comments' about the 51st state comment being a 'nonstarter,' Trump's deputy chief of staff said on X.{ai:summary}<p>British Columbia Premier David Eby and other Canadian premiers clarified after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's advisers that Canada would not entertain the idea of becoming the 51st state. Eby emphasized that this sentiment was unanimously shared among the premiers. </p><p>#politics</p>

'We never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state,' Trump staffer says after premiers meeting

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