Trump Serious About Canada as 51st State; IRS Agents to be Sent to Work on Border Security
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
It turns out President Donald Trump wasn’t joking when he suggested Canada could become the 51st U.S. state. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught on a hot mic stating that Trump isn’t joking about the suggestion, and Trump also confirmed the intent during a recent press conference. In other news, it appears that Trump was likewise serious about diverting IRS agents to work on border security. The Department of Homeland Security is now seeking to deputize IRS officers to assist in the deportation of illegal immigrants.
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| 0:00.0 | President Donald Trump is serious about having Canada become the 51st state of the U.S. |
| 0:06.0 | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was just caught on a hot mic stating that Trump is not joking about the suggestion. |
| 0:14.0 | And Trump himself has now confirmed this. |
| 0:17.0 | In other news, IRS agents could soon be sent to work on border security. |
| 0:21.6 | The Department of Homeland Security is now seeking to deputize IRS officers to assist in the deportations of illegal immigrants. |
| 0:30.6 | And meanwhile, Trump has now pulled the security clearances of several key figures, including former President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State |
| 0:40.3 | Anthony Blinken, and former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, as well as many others, |
| 0:46.6 | including New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and others. |
| 0:52.4 | And this is as Donald Trump is enacting also mass firings across the board. |
| 0:58.4 | And we're also now seeing a key investigation starting as well. Anthony Fauci is being investigated at |
| 1:04.9 | the state level for his role in the COVID-19 response. I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua |
| 1:11.9 | Philip and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 1:18.3 | Donald Trump looks like he's actually serious about having Canada become the 51st U.S. |
| 1:27.1 | State. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Truner, he was caught on a hot mic, |
| 1:31.2 | stating that Trump is not joking about the suggestion. And Donald Trump actually confirmed this as well |
| 1:37.4 | during a recent interview. Now, first off, now Trump made the suggestion on this during a private |
| 1:43.1 | conversation with Justin Trudeau before the presidential inauguration. |
| 1:48.3 | You might remember the time Trump had floated the idea of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, which have now been rolled out, by the way, over the problems of drug trafficking and illegal immigration. |
| 1:58.7 | Now, that caused shockwaves through the Canadian system. Trudeau and |
| 2:02.8 | others were saying Canada, they basically won't be able to survive that kind of tariff. Trudeau flew to |
| 2:08.7 | Mara Lago to meet with Donald Trump. And afterwards, it was reported that Trump had jokingly suggested |
| 2:14.2 | that, well, you know, if Canada can't get by without this massive trade deficit, |
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