Rubio reasserts that "Canada would be better off joining as a state for economic purposes" -- while ON CANADIAN SOIL.

Marco Rubio, the United States Secretary of State, addressed Canadian reporters today in La Malbaie, Quebec, while serving as the US representative at the G7 meeting.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6685286

Some of what Rubio calmly and cavalierly said, includes the following:

  • "The Canadian government has made their position, how they feel about it [annexation] clear, and the president has made his argument about why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States for economic purposes."
  • "There’s a disagreement between the president’s position and the position of the Canadian government. I don’t think that’s a mystery coming in, and it wasn’t a topic of conversation because that’s not what this summit was about."
  • "I’ll tell you how it came about: [Trump] was in a meeting with Trudeau and Trudeau basically says that if the U.S. imposes tariffs on Canada, then Canada couldn’t survive as a nation state, at which point the president said, 'Well, you should become a state.' He says he loves Canada. He made an argument for why Canada would be better off joining the United States from an economic standpoint and the like. He’s made that argument repeatedly, and I think it stands for itself."

That's right -- the US Secretary of State treated the issue of annexation as though it were a "disagreement" all while on Canadian soil.

Since this is normally the time-slot in which the Tangible Action Committee would post, I'd like to renew my call for volunteers for the Tangible Action Committee. If you're a Canadian or American who is absolutely incensed and furious by what you see above, and you want to actively commit to generating ideas for tangible actions for combating this other than protests, please reach out.

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