President-elect Donald Trump says the US will use 'economic force' to acquire Canada and will ease up on supporting their neighbors as long as they're not a state.
A top Canadian politician has suggested some U.S. states should leave and join their neighbors to the north after Donald Trump's threats to take over the country.
He posted an image of a map of North America to his Truth Social account on Wednesday that had the American Flag pattern covering the U.S. and Canada. 'This is what you get: free health care – universal free health care. No more one-year-olds who suddenly fall off the Medicaid list and their parents are in the news because they're trying to do a GoFundMe so they can get their daughter to a doctor. Universal Free health care,' she said, addressing the three West Coast states.
Read More Top Canadian politician threatens to annex two US states in response to Trump's outburst at Trudeau 'Something has to be done.'Trump announced in late November his intent to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico in direct response to the proliferation of the migrant and fentanyl crisis.
'I've talked to so many governors and congresspeople and senators and never once did they say Canada is the problem,' Ford told CNN's Erin Burnett in a Monday night interview.
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