‘Considering the offer!’ Trump offers Canada missile shield – at a price

President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Canada is weighing an offer to become the 51st U.S. state to dodge a $61 billion fee for joining what he called his "fabulous" so-called Golden Dome missile shield.

“I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State,” Trump wrote Tuesday in a Truth Social post.

“They are considering the offer!” he added.

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Earlier in the day, Trump floated the idea that Canada wants to be involved in the “Golden Dome,” a $175 billion missile shield system. The post came a day after Trump used his Memorial Day address to attack former President Joe Biden, saying, “It was a hard four years we went through.”

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, flatly rejected the idea of the northern country joining the United States. He said Canada was “not for sale,” and “won't be for sale ever."