President-elect Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his country should become the 51st state if it can't fix trade and immigration issues without ripping off the U.S.
"Please Mr. President sir - I am merely the prime minister of a large but totally insignificant country that borders the great, strong and powerful country that could be called the Trump States of America."
"Yeah."
"As a token of friendship - I have brought several hundred pounds of the best Canadian maple syrup for Mar-a-Lago and if I do say so myself—"
"Yeah, people like that. But what else you got? Whaddya got for me?" Everybody in the room is following every word. Trudeau can see at least three people are using cell phones to record them.
They are in the Gold Dining Room.
"Please Mr. President sir - I am merely the prime minister of a large but totally insignificant country that borders the great, strong and powerful country that could be called the Trump States of America."
"Yeah."
"As a token of friendship - I have brought several hundred pounds of the best Canadian maple syrup for Mar-a-Lago and if I do say so myself—"
"Yeah, people like that. But what else you got? Whaddya got for me?" Everybody in the room is following every word. Trudeau can see at least three people are using cell phones to record them.
"Um..."