Trump has suggested to Trudeau that if ripping off the US is the only way to keep Canada alive… Then why not make Canada the 51st state of America?
Imagine it: Canada’s beloved maple syrup labeled “Made in America,” hockey rebranded as “Southern Iceball,” and Tim Hortons franchises replaced with Starbucks on every corner (which while more expensive… -Canadians could afford it with the better economy they would get under being part of America.)
Nah, should enter each Province and Territory individually, how many electors is that? 
Except the moron in chief flat out wrong.
And then that’d be 45ish extra electoral votes for Democrats that the Republicans would have to contend with.
Not really. There is more to the economy than simply GDP.
Who knows? Maybe they might see the great things that will happen under his term?
You’re right. There is PPP (which America still outshines Canada in.
America also outshines Canada in all other metrics. (Apart from health insurance but you would likely die before you get surgery in Canada.)
Yes, there is more to the economy than GDP using PPP as well.
Compared to the US, Canada is relatively equitable.
US cities are often underfunded and on the brink of default. This isn’t even allowed in Canada.
Violent crime rates are lower.
Health, life expectancy, development is higher.
Tuition and student debt is lower.
I could go on.
Many of the US’s stats are also skewed by extremes.
The things that him and his cabinet are proposing are not in line with our values.
His first term ended in a disaster, like the previous several Republican governments.
There are too many conflicts of interests in his government.
Is it? I’ve heard the oil/gas industry in the middle funds the excesses of the coasts right up to Turonna. Non vraiment?
Yes, this Alberta-born boy turned Vancouver Island resident (before leaving in 2015) can confirm that. Our transfer payments pay for the have-nots. Who then complain about our pipelines. 
Yes. Canada’s Gini coefficient is much lower than the US’s.
The genesis of this brain-rot idea.
I guess this a bit Canadian of me to do this (lol), but I would like to say “sorry” for having such an imbecile soon to be representing myself and other Americans, yet again.
Trump is far from the sharpest tool in the shed, but woe to anyone telling him he isn’t. Now we all have to be reminded that he is an aggressively incompetent idiot ad nauseum over the next 4 years.
Canada has been ripping of the world with supply management and maple syrup cartels. And not paying NATO fair share, etc.
Oil and gas is only 3% of GDP
And relies on subsidies worth billions
That’s just “direct.” However, indirect is far higher at around at least 10% Besides, oil and gas make up over 20% of Canada’s exports.
The royalties and taxes far outweigh the subsidies.
Better than whatever measure Trump is using. He thinks of the government like it’s a business—make as much money as you can vis-Avis other countries.
His supporters aren’t smart enough to realize is about how much better off your countrymen are, now how much your businesses are taking in.
But they’ll eventually figure it out when they see the prices they pay for produce and basic services skyrocketing.
What does my post have to do with whatever Trump is purportedly using?
Isn’t that the most efficient way to run a government?
Canadians will be rejoicing while singing this once the handover is complete.
The Americans can’t even bring puerto rico into the fold.
Puerto Rico is little more than a financial sinkhole for the United States—a dependent territory that survives on federal aid with no real economic self-sufficiency. Return on investment is minimal (if any)
Canada on the other hand has a lot of potential if in the right hands.
Why work when you can stay home and get paid? We won’t do that with you guys. lol Someone has to squeeze the maple syrup from the oak trees.
Isn’t that Aunt Jemima’s job?
