President Donald Trump's choice to be the American ambassador in Canada on Thursday, said that the northern neighbor of America is a sovereign state, which shows some daylight with Trump on the issue. The president has insisted that Canada would be better off as the newest member of the United States.
Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra was asked by his senate confirmation by Senator Chris Coons, D-del., Whether he agreed that Canada is a sovereign state and should not “even be kidding as the 51st state.”
“Canada is a sovereign state, yes,” Hoekstra replied. He was interrogated shortly before Trump doubled on his negative views on Canada during an Oval Office performance with the head of NATO.
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The Republican president remains that Canada is one of the countries that benefit from the United States. He also continues to release the American trade deficit with Canada-a natural resource-rich nation that the US offers as raw materials as a subsidy.
“We don't need their cars. We don't need their energy. We don't need their wood, “said Trump. “As a state, it would be one of the great states.”
Trump has arranged Canadians by insisting that their country is the 51st state. The two countries are now also involved in a trade war that started by Trump after he had beaten rates on aluminum, steel and other goods from Canada. In response, Canada is walking rates for various American imports.
Hoekstra is a former congressman from Michigan who served as an American ambassador in the Netherlands in the first term of Trump.
In his opening statement, Hoekstra said, if someone from Michigan, “I have a special appreciation for Canada as a neighbor.” He said that 36 states consider Canada as their number 1 trading partner and that he often interacted with Canada about trade and other issues when he was in the congress.
