President Donald Trump said that he was not joking about joining Canada to the US as 51. In an interview emitted before the Super Bowl, he also suggested that he would impose duties on Canada and Mexico postponed a month.
During the interview for Fox television, the president was asked about the recent words of the prime minister Canada Justin Trudeauwho told entrepreneurs that the threat of connecting Canada to USA He is “real”. Trump confirmed that this is a real perspective.
– I think Canada would gain a lot if it was 51. State, because we lose $ 200 billion a year with Canada, and I won't let it happen. It's too much. Why do we pay $ 200 billion a year, basically in the form of a subsidy for Canada? – Trump said, referring to the trade balance between the countries (in fact, the Canadian surplus in 2024 amounted to $ 63 billion). “But if they were 51. I wouldn't mind it,” he added.
Trump: something must happen
Trump said that Canada did a lot in response to the announcement of customs customs to seal the border and fight Fentanyl smuggling, which caused the implementation of customs duties for 30 days. At the same time, he estimated that it is still too little to give up the customs duties at all.
– Something has to happen. This is unsuccessful and I'm going to change it – he said.
Trump also supported the controversies of Elon Musk and his team Doge, despite the fact that on Saturday the federal judge decided to suspend Musk's access to the database and the financial department payment system. Musk called on the judge's impeachment on Sunday, and JD Vance vice president suggested that his decision was illegal.
Trump said that he fully trusts a billionaire whose companies receive multi -billion contracts with the state. He stated that Musk “doesn't gain anything about it”, expressing the amazement that he was spending so much time on looking for budget savings. He announced that Musk would soon take an audit of the Ministry of Education, and then for Pentagonwhere he is to find “abuse and fraud worth hundreds of billions of dollars”.
Pred super bowl interview
Trump's Sunday interview before the final of the NFL football competition is a return after a four -year break to the usual interviews of the presidents before the largest American sports spectacle of the year.
Trump is the first US president in history to go to the match, played in Nowy Orleans this year. When asked about who he would support, he pointed to the current masters of Kansas City Chiefs, mentioning that the wife of the playmaker Patrick Mahomes is his “megafan”.
Just before the match, Trump will meet on the pitch with the families of the victims of the New Year's terrorist attack in Nowy Orleans.
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