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Shark Tank star claims Canadians support Trump's proposal for Canada to join the US

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Published 17:00 27 Dec 2024 GMT

Shark Tank star claims Canadians support Trump's proposal for Canada to join the US

The entrepreneur backed calls to make Canada the '51st State'

Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge

A 'Shark Tank' star and investor has claimed Canadians support Donald Trump's proposal for the country to join the US.

Kevin O'Leary, from Montreal, Canada, is famously known for his appearances on Shark Tank and as a popular television personality, politician, and investor.

Now, the 70-year-old businessman has weighed in on a debate he claims has got Canadians talking all over the Christmas holidays as he backed a proposal that would see his country 'join' the US in a sort of 'economic union'.

The Canadian businessman said millions would back Trump's proposal (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
The Canadian businessman said millions would back Trump's proposal (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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O'Leary's interest in the unification comes after President-elect Donald Trump suggested that Canada becomes 'our 51st State'.

Trump made the comments in an apparent dig at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and said if Canada was to join the States, their taxes would be slashed by 'more than 60 percent'.

Speaking to Fox Business, O'Leary added that Canada has lot of resources to offer the US, including the 'most important'; energy and water.

The entrepreneur said the two economies would be powerful together and said he would be in favor of 'erasing the border between Canada and the United States' to unify and join resources up to the northern borders 'where China and Russia are knocking on the door'.

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The businessman imagined there could be a mutually beneficial economic alliance (Getty Images)
The businessman imagined there could be a mutually beneficial economic alliance (Getty Images)

He imagined an agreement between the two could see a shared currency, a tax system across the board, fair trade working both ways, and a new 'almost EU-like passport'.

He asserted 'most' of 41 million Canadians, 'basically the population of California', are keen to 'hear more' about the idea and even said a good chunk of his countrymen would support it.

He added: "I like this idea and at least half of Canadians are interested."

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The problem, he claims, is the 'collapsing' Canadian government under Liberal Party Prime Minister, Trudeau.

The PM is unlikely to take another term come October 2025 with polls suggesting he is likely to either resign or be voted out of office in the next 10 months.

Trudeau and Trump met in November to talk trade (Justin Trudeau/Twitter)
Trudeau and Trump met in November to talk trade (Justin Trudeau/Twitter)

O'Leary, who campaigned to be the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2017 before he dropped out a month before the election, said: "Nobody wants Trudeau to negotiate this deal.

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"I don't want him doing it for me. So I'm going to Mar-A-Lago. I'll start the narrative."

The comments come as Trump claims Canada has been ripping off the US over trade and threatened high tariffs on its northern neighbor.

Trudeau flew down to Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last month to talk tariffs and trade, though Trump hasn't given up tormenting Trudeau by calling him the 'governor' of 'the Great State of Canada'.

The president-elect had also said Canadian businesses would 'immediately double in size' and would be 'militarily protected like no other country anywhere in the world'.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images/Christopher Willard/Getty Images/Bill Pugliano

Topics: Canada, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Money, Politics, US News, World News

Liv Bridge
Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge is a digital journalist who joined the UNILAD team in 2024 after almost three years reporting local news for a Newsquest UK paper, The Oldham Times. She's passionate about health, housing, food and music, especially Oasis...

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