Kevin O’Leary, the billionaire star of Shark Tank who previously mounted a bid to serve as the prime minister of Canada, told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer that President-elect Donald Trump had not heeded his advice to “stand down” on trolling Canada Tuesday.
On Monday, Trump reacted to the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by declaring that “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State.”
He went on to say that:
The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned. If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!
On America’s Newsroom, Hemmer elicited the admission from O’Leary after he asked what “the buzz in Canada” is amid Trudeau’s resignation and Trump’s rhetoric.
“So I was in Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. I had a few moments with the president-elect, and I asked him if he would consider the fact that Trudeau on Saturday, when we were talking, the rumors were that he was going to resign — in fact, he did –I said, ‘Well, why not stand down on Canada for the next
He continued:
Pierre Poilievre, the new guy is doing what is the equivalent of red sweep of Canada. They’re going to wipe out the Liberal Party completely, and then we’re going to have two leaders with four year mandates, and let these negotiations begin. The trade deficit is primarily on energy. Alberta alone is about 185 billion of energy into the U.S.. But we are the largest partners together on Earth, and there’s a lot of good things about that relationship. Canadian people are intrigued with Trump’s suggestions, not to give up their sovereignty, but a stronger economic union. Low-hanging fruit, like combining the currency, maybe giving a couple of seats to the Bank of Canada the Fed, and then eliminating tariffs on milk and dairy and East-West, North-South. There’s a lot of opportunity between the two countries. And I know Trump knows that. Now, whether my request fell on deaf ears, I don’t know. But I would very much like to see just a pause while we get the new guy in place and we go to work.
Last month, Trump called Trudeau “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” and said that making Canada the 51st state would be a “great idea.”
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