President-elect Donald Trump joked Tuesday about taking over Canada, following reports of a joke he made during a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the weekend.
Trudeau visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after Trump threatened to slap a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico unless they cooperated in protecting the U.S. border from illegal migration and fentanyl.
According to anonymous reports, Trump was said to have joked that if Trudeau did not like the idea, Canada could avoid the tariff by becoming the 51st state, with Trudeau as governor.
Trump supporters — and a broad range of Americans — enjoyed the joke, sharing it widely on social media. It was, in part, payback for Trudeau making jokes at Trump’s expense in front of other world leaders in 2019.
