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President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants Canada to become the 51st US state. To support his pitch, he keeps making false claims about Canada.

In 2025 alone, Trump has:

• Falsely said the Canadian public likes the idea of becoming the 51st state, which the Canadian public overwhelmingly opposes
• Falsely said the US trade deficit with Canada is “$200 billion,” though it is nowhere close
• Falsely said Canada is one of the world’s highest-tariff countries, though it is actually low in global rankings
• Falsely said Canada hiked its dairy tariffs during the Biden administration, though they haven’t changed since Trump’s first presidency
• Falsely said Canada generally doesn’t “take” US agricultural exports, though Canada is the world’s second-biggest buyer of those exports
• Falsely said Canada prohibits US banks, though more than a dozen US banks are operating in Canada today
• Falsely said Canada is “constantly surrounded” by Chinese and Russian ships, though this is fiction
• Falsely said outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was using the ongoing tariff battle to run again for prime minister, though Trudeau clearly wasn’t running
• Falsely said Canada spends less than 1% of gross domestic product on defense, though NATO figures showed it was an estimated 1.37% last year

Here is a fact check of these false statements.

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