Trump voters get rid of threats to Canada’s sovereignty is a joke and distraction
Joseph Redmon’s face began to form a smile, and even laughed when the first mention of Canada becoming the 51st state.
“It’s a joke,” he said over and over again.
“This will never happen. It will not happen.” He said explicitly before even hearing the full question.
“He did this just to get people’s skin into trouble and upset them, and that’s just his mantra,” Redmond said. He realized that Canadians are largely against annexation, which, from a practical point of view, would hurt Republicans in the long run, given Canada’s relatively left-leaning politics.
Canadians should see it as a compliment, he said, “Every time everyone hears it, you should smile.”
The retired major of the Army sat down with CBC News and five other Republican voters in rural Kentucky to speak frankly about President Donald Trump’s in power. The state voted for Trump in the past three elections, and in Mead County, CBC News attracted voters, and Trump won with 75% support.
Although his tariffs rolled out tariffs that have aroused significant backlash abroad, especially in Canada, a duplicate target of the threat of the U.S. presidential annexation, several Trump voters who spoke with CBC News said they still support him, even completely denied that his recent remarks were a joke or distracting strategy.
joke? threaten? Or some international trolling? Republican voters in Brandenburg, Kentucky said they did not take Canada’s “51st State” repeatedly and Canadians should not take Canada seriously.
‘It’s a distraction’
Among them is Ginny Delano, a 72-year-old retiree, who believes Trump is trying to mock Canadians.
“When there are a lot of TDs, Trump Danger Syndrome, I think it’s interesting,” she said.
“Their heads exploded, and when he said that and rose from it, I thought it was interesting.”
Her husband, Gale Delano, 85, is even more sympathetic to Canada’s frustration.
“I can understand Canadians are upset because that’s their country,” he said.
“And you know, if it were the United States, we would fight for America, and Canadians would fight for their country.”
Some say that Trump’s annexation speech is not serious.
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“I think it’s a distraction,” said Mead County Republican chairman Mark Burnett.
“If the Canadian people want to be the 51st state, I think that’s going to be what we all talk about. But, of course, that’s not what we’re going to talk about – it’s not like the United States is going to invade Canada.
“You get this kind of remarks from the media a lot of the time. It’s like, we won’t do that.”
Support tariffs
But, under Trump’s tariff plan, many voters who spoke with CBC News believe that at least some short-term economic instability will lead to at least some short-term economic instability.
“It will have an impact on jobs and jobs, but sometimes to solve the real thing, you have to exert a little pain,” said John Clauer, another retiree who voted for Trump.
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Clauer, who is deeply concerned about the U.S. deficit, supports Trump’s efforts to control spending. He believes that tariffs are another tool for Trump to deal with.
“I just think people in other countries need to recognize where we are. And understand that his tariffs are being used to try to rebuild the U.S. economy and to control the deficit.”
Several Trump supporters who spoke with CBC News shared the concern.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney called their first call “very productive” and “kind” but when Trump avoided calling Canada the 51st state, he did warn that automatic tariffs would start as planned next week.
“I think it’s a starting point to say we need to do something different,” said Burnett, of the Republican Party in Mead County.
“Of course, it’s a bit scary,” he admitted, but he said the measures were necessary.
“I think American businesses have become addicted to cheap labor abroad and obviously don’t have much to do with Canada, but that’s still the mentality we have to deal with.”
Support for Trump remains intact
For these voters, Trump’s return to the White House, and his success in his first two months of office.
“I think this is a bright person,” Ginny Delano said.
Her husband, Gale Delano, shared his optimism about Trump.
“He’s going to go at a breakthrough pace now. He’s doing everything he promised to do; it’s hard to say about a politician.”
Doug Cornett, 81, is a retired teacher and school administrator, not sure how to view Trump’s tariffs, but he is willing to bring the president the benefits of doubt.
“At the moment, it might be a bit rough, but I think it will go smoothly in the end and things will be great.”
While Trump’s straightforward, aggressive style isn’t necessarily something that all his voters like, it’s tolerant.
“He’s glad I don’t work for him, but I support him trying to heal the U.S. economy,” said Kraul, a retiree who cares about the deficit.
Joseph Redmon sees Trump as the right leader for this moment.
“He is a sabotage.
“We hired him to do that, we need it, America is in trouble.”
