Donald Trump seriously considering annexing Canada? His latest response suggests he might be—and it’s leaving even his own supporters scratching their heads.
During an interview with Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy, Trump was asked whether he was worried that making Canada the 51st state would turn it into a Democratic stronghold. Doocy phrased it bluntly:
“Are you concerned that if Canada became the 51st state, it would be a very, very blue state? Very big and very blue?”
Instead of addressing the potential political consequences, Trump launched into a strange tangent about the U.S.-Canada border, calling it an “artificial line”—a phrase he repeated multiple times as if trying to manifest his own reality.
“You know, you have that artificial line—that straight artificial line that looks like it was drawn by a ruler,” Trump said. “I don’t mean a ruler like a king, I mean a ruler like a ruler. It’s just an artificial line.”
He then doubled down, insisting that merging the two nations would create the most “beautiful land mass anywhere in the world.”
“It was just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand—or in the ice,” Trump continued. “You add [Canada] to this country, what a beautiful land mass! And it was just cut off for no reason! It would be great!”
After minutes of rambling about borders, Trump finally circled back—sort of—to Doocy’s actual question.
“Now is [Canada] liberal? Maybe. But, you know, a conservative [unintelligible] until I got involved,” he said. “I don’t care who wins up there. Frankly, I would probably do better with a liberal than a conservative if you want to know the truth.”
The internet wasted no time roasting Trump’s comments. Many pointed out the irony of him dismissing the U.S.-Canada border as “artificial” while fiercely defending the U.S.-Mexico border.
One user quipped:
“So… the border between Canada and the U.S. is just an ‘artificial line’ arbitrarily drawn by some rando. But the border between Mexico and the U.S.? Well, that must have been emblazoned into the land by Jesus himself!”
Others mocked the idea of Trump wanting to erase borders simply because he doesn’t like how they look:
“Does he want to change the state borders of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, and Nebraska too because of their ‘straight line’ borders? That’s called an invasion, buddy.”
As Trump continues to float the idea of Canada as the 51st state, one thing is clear—his reasoning for it is as unconventional as ever.
