As President-elect Donald Trump has drawn significant media attention for his repeated suggestion that the United States should annex Canada, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro poked fun at the idea on X.
Since Trump won the 2024 presidential election and Prime Minister Trudeau met with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Canada has become the target of the President-elect’s suggestion that Canada should become America’s 51st state.
In response to Trump’s recent claim that he’s willing to use “economic force” to achieve his goal, Canadian political leaders have rebuked the suggestion.
On X, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that there isn’t a “snowball’s chance in hell” that the United States would annex Canada and that the relationship that the two countries have is mutually beneficial for one another.
Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre also rejected the idea that Canada would ever join the United States, pointing to the decades-long partnership the two countries have developed with one another.
“Canada will never be the 51st state. Period. We are a great and independent country,” said Poilievre.
“Our weak and pathetic NDP-Liberal government has failed to make these obvious points. I will fight for Canada.”
Shapiro, a co-founder of the Daily Wire, decided to troll Canada’s political leaders by flaunting the United States’ military power over Canada.
In response to Trudeau’s post, Shapiro suggested that the United States deport the prime minister to Panama to work on the canal.
“When we take Canada, you will be expelled to Panama to work the canal,” said Shapiro.
Showing slightly more respect for the Conservative leader, Shapiro suggested that the United States would put off their invasion plans if Poilievre became prime minister.
“We will call off the planned invasion if you are elected PM. We will make no such guarantees if Fidel Castro’s son remains the PM.”
Earlier in the day, Shapiro posted a map of the North-Western hemisphere with Greenland labelled as “Trumpland,” Canada labelled the “51st state,” and the Gulf of Mexico labelled as the “Gulf of America.”