“Canada was meant to be the 51st state,” he said. “We subsidize Canada by over $200 billion a year. We don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their energy, we don’t need anything. We certainly don’t want their automobiles. Millions of automobiles are sent in. I’d rather have them made in Michigan.”
Trump argued that the U.S. should not send billions of dollars to Canada when it would be better for Canada to join the U.S. Trump pointed out benefits to both sides, such as Canadians paying lower taxes and American farmers avoiding high tariffs on dairy products.
“Canada pays very little for defense. They think we’re going to defend them,” Trump said. “In NATO, they pay less than anybody else.”
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