‘If Canada was to turn out to be our 51st State, their Taxes can be reduce by greater than 60 p.c, their companies would instantly double in measurement,’ Trump mentioned.
President-elect Donald Trump issued a Christmas message on Fact Social that after once more reiterated his stance on resecuring the Panama Canal, turning Canada into America’s 51st state, the annexation of Greenland, and President Joe Biden’s resolution to commute the demise sentences of practically 40 prisoners.
Trump additionally introduced Kevin Marino Cabrera, a Miami-Dade County commissioner and vice chairman of the Worldwide Commerce Consortium, as his nominee to be the U.S. Ambassador to Panama.
Trump then wished a Merry Christmas to the Canadian prime minister, whom he as soon as once more referred to as “Governor Justin Trudeau.”
“If Canada was to turn out to be our 51st State, their Taxes can be reduce by greater than 60 p.c, their companies would instantly double in measurement, and they’d be militarily protected like no different Nation wherever within the World,” Trump wrote.
He additionally proposed that skilled ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky ought to turn out to be Canada’s subsequent prime minister.
Trump additionally prolonged Christmas needs to the folks of Greenland, an island that he echoed is required for U.S. nationwide safety functions. He mentioned the folks of Greenland need the US to be there.
“We have now not invested sufficient within the Arctic for a few years. Now, we’re planning a stronger presence,” he mentioned.
There was one group Trump refused to want a Merry Christmas: the 37 federal demise row inmates whose sentences have been commuted by Biden on Dec. 23 and can now serve life in jail.
“To the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like just about nobody earlier than them, … I refuse to want a Merry Christmas … however, as a substitute, will say, go to hell!” Trump wrote.
“We had the Best Election within the Historical past of our Nation,” he concluded. “A brilliant gentle is now shining over the united statesA. and, in 26 days, we are going to, make America nice once more. Merry Christmas!”
Frank Fang and Tom Ozimek contributed to this report.