Trump wrote last night (April 28th evening, Beijing time): "Good luck to the great Canadian people! Elect someone with strength and wisdom who will halve your taxes, provide free military power at the highest level in the world, quadruple the scale of your automobile, steel, aluminum, timber, energy, and all other industries, and have zero tariffs and taxes. If Canada becomes the 51st state of the United States, that will no longer be an artificial boundary drawn many years ago. Just see how beautiful this land will be. Free entry and exit, no borders. Only benefits, no drawbacks. This is how it should be! The United States can no longer subsidize Canada by tens of billions of dollars every year as it did in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada becomes a state!"
[Witty] Comment: Although the Canadian public does not want to become the 51st state of the United States, Trump still frequently mentions this idea. On the occasion of Canada's election day, Trump linked taxes, industrial scale, and the Canadian election together. Such remarks are not only extremely unrealistic but also openly interfere in Canada's internal affairs. Canada is an independent sovereign nation, and its election process and national development should be autonomously decided by the Canadian people, rather than being interfered with by external forces. Trump's remarks may not only raise doubts among Canadians about America's intentions but could also bring unnecessary complexity to U.S.-Canada relations. This attempt to influence another country's internal affairs through inappropriate remarks is clearly unacceptable and goes against the basic principle of mutual respect for sovereignty in international relations.
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