Trump about the desire to annex Canada to maintain the constitution

TThe first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House were dominated by conversations of executive commands, tariffs, foreign relationships in the light of the trade war, which triggered by the tariffs, comments on the Appendix Canada and much more.

Such topics were discussed in Trump's interview on April 22nd, and it was not surprising that the topic reappeared when Trump sat down for an interview with NBCS Meet the press In his house in Mar-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Here are some of the most important topics about which Trump was led by Kristen Welker in his television interview and was completely broadcast on Sunday, May 4th:

The desire to annex Canada and make it a “51st state”

In the past few months, Trump has given a number of comments that highlight his wish to annex Canada and make it the 51st state. In a post that was shared on March 11, Trump said when Canada was addressed when Canada was addressed in Canada: “The only thing that makes sense is that Canada will be our estimated fifty first state. This would completely disappear all the tariffs and everything else.”

The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won the Canadian elections on April 28, has – something like his predecessor Justin Trudeau – clear that Canada has no intention to take over his offer. “It will never happen,” he said.

In this recent interview, Trump said that he congratulated Carney on his election victory, but doubled his wish to make Canada the 51st state, and said he would “always talk about it”. Trump repeated his earlier feelings and again referred to Canada's former prime minister as “Governor Trudeau”.

He emphasized what unfair trading practices with the country, and claimed that Canada needed the United States.

“If Canada were a state, it would not be great. It would be great. It would be so great – it would be an estimated condition. And if you look at our card, if you look at geography, I am a real estate man in my heart.” Again, we remember, we don't need your cars, we don't need your wood, we don't need your energy. We don't need anything. We do very little business with Canada. You do all your business practically with us. You need us. We don't need them. “

Trump added that it would be “highly unlikely” for him to use military violence for Canada, just as he would use the country as a state.

Are the USA going into a recession?

Trump repeated his earlier comments on whether the consequences of his so -called “mutual tariffs”, which led to market volatility after their announcement in early April, help to lead the United States into a recession.

When asked whether it is “okay to have a recession at short notice,” said Trump: “Yes, it's … everything is okay. I said that is a transitional time. I think we'll do fantastic.”

The president was asked whether he worries about the concerns of Wall Street that the possibility of recession increases. At the end of April, the trade department reported that the US economy shrank in early 2025.

Trump again focused on the long -term positive effects he hoped for, and not on concerns about the current economy.

“Everything can happen,” he said. “But I think we will have the largest economy in our country's history. I think we will have the greatest economic boom in history.”

He also insisted that many economic problems from the bidges were left. “I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the bidding economy because it did a terrible job,” he said.

Does a president have to maintain the constitution?

Trump was asked with the Supreme Court about his recent back and forth after she had instructed the Federal Government to “facilitate” Kilmar Ábrego García's return to the United States. The Maryland man was deported to El Salvador by the Immigration and Customs Authority (ICE) in March, which was originally referred to as an administrative error. Although Ábrego García entered the United States illegally years ago, a judge granted him the status “holding back away” in 2019, after determining that his fears of persecution, when he was returned to El Salvador, was credible.

Despite the instruction of the Supreme Court, the Trump government has so far refused to “facilitate” the return of Ábego García.

“I have the authority to ask him to come back if I am instructed by the Attorney General that it is legal to do this,” said Trump. “But the decision whether to come back or not will be the head of El Salvador. He is a very capable man.”