The fact that he's bitching about it means it was effective.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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"Move on. If the Canadians want to keep talking about it — that's their business. I'm not talking about it; Donald Trump is not talking about it. We've got too much on our plate to move forward because we're all about increasing America's prosperity, safety and security."
It's been like three weeks at most since trump has said something about it:
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-election-message-canada-51st-state-2065007
This is like when a douchebag gets shot down and then immediately starts insulting the poor women he accosted and playing the victim like he didn't just start bothering someone to start the whole interaction.
They tried to influence canda's election, it backfired spectacularly, and now they want to pretend it's ancient history.
Think he'll eat crow when Trump brings it up again in the next couple of days? My prediction: "If CANADA wants in on my GOLDEN DOME they can become the 51st state. It's a GREAT DEAL for them. Free military which frankly they're already getting. They're ROBBING US BLIND and they want our dome too. I don't know why they're so against it. They can be part of the greatest country. It wasn't the greatest, not under Sleepy Joe but poor guy was being abused, and now it is again. It's the greatest and we'll have the best dome and they can be the 51st state if they want it. "
The new U.S. ambassador to Canada says he knows the implication of King Charles III's upcoming trip to Ottawa is to push back on U.S. President Donald Trump's 51st state threats — and he says there are "easier ways to send messages" to the American government.
Perhaps, but bringing the king is preferable to the other tactics they've used in the past.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsfz3f18NxU
"In 1812 madison was mad,
He was the president you know.
Well he thought he'd tell the british where they ought to go.
He thought he'd invade canada,
He thought that he was tough.
Instead we went to washington,
And burned down all his stuff.
And the white house burned, burned, burned.
And we're the ones that did it
It burned, burned, burned.
While the president ran and cried,
It burned, burned, burned.
And things were very historical,
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies WaWaWa
In the war of 1812."
Canadians don’t take the easy way. They take the honest way.
“It’s done,” [ambassador Hoekstra] told National Post in his first-wide ranging interview in Canada since he was confirmed to the role last month. “From my standpoint, from the president’s standpoint, 51st state’s not coming back,” he said. “The president may bring it up every once in a while, but he recognizes it’s not going to happen unless the prime minister engages with the president.”
Hey, Hoekstra? Maybe we'd believe Trump could get the message pounded into his sponge-filled skull if he'd stop bringing it up.
Allow me.
Dear Mr. Ambassador, on behalf of all Canadian, please shut the fuck up.
Sure, there are easier ways to send messages. When the recipients aren’t selfish idiots.
See, Pete, we think you're all too fucking stupid to get subtle messages like "we aren't going to be joining the US, fuckface" so we are going to resort to blunt instruments like how we're a constitutional monarchy, and maybe flicking snot at your head during meetings.