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It is not a meeting about how we’re going to take over Canada,
Well, I think Canada is a neighbor,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Tuesday briefing They’d have a sizable delegation in the House,
Clearly, the president is looking for some results,
said Amodei, who launched the bipartisan American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus in 2023 and reintroduced a House resolution affirming the U.S.-Canada partnership last month I do think that Mr. Trump looks at our natural resources and has that acquisitive mind behind it,
Miller said, calling Trump’s claims of the U.S. subsidizing Canada for $200 billion misleading Canada and the United States share a unique strategic and defense partnership."
A 68-page national security report Trump signed in December 2017 included only one mention of America’s northern neighbor I can’t say this was totally predicted. Nor can anyone,
If he wanted Canada — if he really wanted it — he’s harmed the prospects of Canada being the 51st state by the way he’s approached it,
said John Bolton, a national security adviser during Trump’s first term who has since broken with him But there is broad agreement that we cannot allow real disagreements on certain issues to prevent us from working together on areas of agreement, especially critical foreign policy issues including migration, China, and of course Russia and Ukraine,
Never, ever heard him mention it,
one former White House official said These are dark days — dark days brought on by a country we can no longer trust,
The temperature has come down,
Mr. Ford told the news media as he left the meeting on Thursday I would say that we leave Washington, I think, better equipped in making sure that we can defend Canadian interests,
The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State,
As there is a fever pitch right now, we need to bring down the temperature, and I thought it’d be in the best interests of America and Canada to go in there and let’s get to the USMCA table,
Ford argued on Fox News’s America Reports I love Canada. I love the people of Canada. I have many friends in Canada — the great one, Wayne Gretzky, the Great. How good is Wayne Gretzky? He's the great one. I know many people from Canada that are good friends of mine,
Trump said with a smirk, before explaining why the country shouldn’t exist anymore A boat landed there 200 years ago or something, and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually,
he added, as Christopher Columbus turned in his grave But when it comes to the high north and the Arctic, you are totally right. The Chinese are using these routes. We know that the Russians are re-arming. We know we have a lack of ice breakers,
he continued, dodging an international incident And I'm just thinking, I didn't give it much thought before, but I'm sitting with a man who could be very instrumental. You know, Mark, we need that for international security,
Trump said, addressing Rutte ‘O ... O Canada,’ the national anthem. I love it. I think it's great. Keep it, but it will be for the state, one of our greatest states, maybe our greatest state,