{"id":16257,"date":"2026-06-03T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16257"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:24:28","slug":"us-ambassador-to-canada-shares-trump-51st-state-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16257","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador to Canada shares Trump \u201851st State\u2019 post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84.png 431w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on Monday morning shared a post from President Trump about Canada being the \u201c51st State,\u201d reupping his acquisition push for the U.S.\u2019s northern neighbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoekstra posted a screenshot of a Monday Trump Truth Social post in which the president said \u201c51st State!\u201d and linked to a Bloomberg article about economic struggles in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has pushed to take over Canada on multiple occasions in recent years, causing heightened tension with Ottawa, which historically has been one of the U.S.\u2019s strongest partners on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, Trump quipped about Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney being the \u201cfuture governor of Canada,\u201d bringing back an insult he used for Carney\u2019s predecessor, Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoekstra\u2019s Trump\u2019s repost follows previous heightened rhetoric from the ambassador on the U.S.-Canada relationship, with Hoekstra stepping into a rift between the U.S. and Canada over a purchase of U.S. F-35s in January when he said during an interview that the U.S.-Canadian defense partnership \u201cwould have to be altered\u201d if Ottawa did not buy the fighter jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sec. Markwayne Mullin fires back at Sen. Murphy&#8217;s claims that DHS is breaking the law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford shot back at Hoekstra\u2019s repost of Trump, saying in his own post on X that he \u201ccan\u2019t believe I have to say this again, but Canada will never be the 51st state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCanada is not for sale,\u201d Ford added. \u201cWhile I\u2019m at it, here\u2019s the truth: in April, Ontario created 680 per cent more jobs than the U.S., adjusted for population. That\u2019s how we protect Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on Monday morning shared a post from President Trump about Canada being the \u201c51st State,\u201d reupping his acquisition push for the U.S.\u2019s northern neighbor. 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