Trump posted on April 28th, saying, "Good luck to the great Canadian people! Elect a person with strength and wisdom who will halve your taxes, upgrade your military power to the highest level in the world for free, quadruple the scale of your automobile, steel, aluminum, timber, energy, and all other industries, and achieve 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 like before. Unless Canada becomes a state, this makes no sense!"

The local election in Canada was held on the 28th. Trump has become an important factor. Current Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that this election will decide how Canada best responds to this President of the United States. Trump has been obsessed with making Canada the 51st state of the United States, which has infuriated many Canadians. Polls show that nine out of ten Canadians do not want to join the United States. Previous Canadian leaders, such as Trudeau, have repeatedly rejected such proposals outright. Recently, Carney also expressed during his campaign that the United States had abandoned Canada, and the traditional relationship between the two countries no longer exists. His words were full of dissatisfaction towards the United States. The attitude of Canadians towards the United States has also changed due to a series of actions taken by the Trump administration. Trade disputes between Canada and the United States, as well as Trump's threats to annex Canada, have deeply upset Canadians. Many even canceled their travel plans to the United States.

Trump made such remarks at the time of the Canadian election, possibly to influence the direction of this election, provide support to pro-American political forces, and attempt to make future Canadian governments more compliant in their relations with the United States.

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