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Ontario pitches energy partnership amid Trump's threats of tariffs, Canada acquisition
Ford tells Trump that Canada is 'not for sale' in Fox News appearance
The announcement comes less than 24 hours after Ford appeared on another U.S. network to rebuff Trump’s threat of acquiring Canada as the 51st state.“I get it. President-elect Trump is a real estate tycoon. He’s made billions. But that property is not for sale. It’s as simple as that,” Ford told Fox News’ Jesse Watters Tuesday night.
Ford has made a number of U.S. network television appearance touting the importance of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship in recent weeks, including another appearance on CNN on Monday night.
His appearance on Fox News came after a Tuesday press conference in which Trump said he was considering using “economic force” to acquire Canada as a U.S. asset and later shared a map of the two countries with the American flag covering both on social media.
Trump also referred to the U.S.-Canada border as an “artificially drawn line” at the time.
In the interview, Watters told Ford that Canada should “consider it a privilege to be taken over by the United States of America” and said that he finds it “personally offensive” that Canadians seem to find that concept “repellant.”
But Ford pushed back and said that what the countries need to do is work more closely together.
“I have a better idea, Jesse. Why don’t we create 'Fortress Am-Can' and make sure it’s the richest, wealthiest most prosperous jurisdiction anywhere in the world. We have the critical minerals, we have the energy, we have the electricity that America needs,” Ford said.
Ontario pitches energy partnership amid Trump's threats of tariffs, Canada acquisition
In the face of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s threat to acquire Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is touting the strength of the province's energy supply to generate revenue and jobs on both sides of the border.
