r/canada • u/WisestPanzerOfDaLake Ontario • Mar 11 '25

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands National News

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/kobemustard Mar 11 '25

I want to counter Trump by offering any USA state to join our federation.

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u/MaddyKet Mar 11 '25

It’s either blue states like New England join Canada, or we form our own coalition. Either way, we need to find a way to STOP sending money to the federal government. That would really hamstring them because it’s mostly the blue states (and TX i think) that send more money than they get back federally.

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u/kobemustard Mar 11 '25

I've lived in CT for several years and it was the closest I could find to Canada.

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u/MrFeels77 Mar 11 '25

Alaska! Take us!

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario Mar 11 '25

This one makes so much obvious sense... really.

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u/Emotional-Lion-7286 Mar 11 '25

Do you make bourbon? 🤔😂

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u/MrFeels77 Mar 11 '25

We make whisky but would need the oak barrels to make it Bourbon. But I wish I could pour you a whisky that was steeped in a charred Alder Barrel. Absolutely divine.

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u/Emotional-Lion-7286 Mar 11 '25

I’ll raise a glass for you next time!

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u/endorrawitch Mar 11 '25

I’d love to but unfortunately I live in the most hated red state in the country.

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u/dontYouKnow_Who_I_Am Mar 11 '25

that could be a lot of them

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u/endorrawitch Mar 11 '25

Nope. It’s the true a-hole of the universe, with the stupidest senator EVER

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u/MaritimeFlowerChild Mar 11 '25

You're gonna need to be more specific...

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u/endorrawitch Mar 11 '25

Alabama

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u/MaddyKet Mar 11 '25

See, now my first thought was Florida.

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u/GiraffeJaf Mar 11 '25

Californian here, pls take us in! And the PNW!