The president of the United States, Donald Trump, meant on Tuesday that Canada was “considering” giving up his status in exchange for protection by the proposed antimile defense system of “golden dome” at no cost, despite the fact that Canadian officials repeatedly claim that the country is not on sale.
“I told Canada, what wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome system, which will cost $ 61 billion dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal nation, but will cost zero dollars if they become our precious state 51,” Trump wrote in Truth Social.
“They are considering the offer!” He said.
Trump has threatened in the last months of Annexar Canada, a fiercely rebuked idea by Canadian officials and their citizens.
King Carlos II visits Canada as a sample of support for the country coveted by Trump
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who assured an electoral victory last month partly due to the opposition of Canadians to Trump's desire to make the country part of the United States, told Trump earlier this month that his country “will not be on sale.”
King Carlos III, who is recognized as the Sovereign of Canada, delivered a speech to the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday in which Trump seemed to reject the idea of buying the North American country and turning it into state 51 of the United States.
“Canadians can give much more than any foreign power in any continent can remove,” he said. “And that, by staying faithful to Canadian values, Canada can build new alliances and a new economy that serves all Canadians.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, is received by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, when he arrives at the west wing of the White House, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
As for the “Golden Dome,” Trump announced last week that the United States had officially selected the architecture for the antimile defense system that would create a satellite network to detect, track and potentially intercept entrging missiles.
The president of the United States said the project would cost $ 175 billion to build and that it was expected to be “completely operational” in three years. He also said that Canada would be included in his security network.
“Canada has called us, and they want to be part of that. So we will talk to them; they also want to have protection,” Trump said at that time.
Carney says that Canada is not on sale, Trump replies: “Never say”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Oval Office of the White House, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Click here to get the Fox News application
The Carney Office said last week that there were “active discussions” between the United States and Canada in current and new security programs, including the “Golden Dome.”
“The Canadians gave the Prime Minister a strong mandate to negotiate a new economic and integral security relationship with the United States,” a Carney spokesman told BBC News.
“To that end, the prime minister and his ministers are having broad and constructive discussions with their American counterparts. These discussions naturally include strengthening [North American Aerospace Defense Command] and related initiatives such as Golden Dome, “the spokesman continued.
