Canada offered to buy Alaska in response to Trump's 51st state announcement

The Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Ontario Doug Ford on January 7 offered to purchase Alaska amid the president-elect' s statement to the state about becoming the 51st American state.

The corresponding proposal Trump made the day before after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement. Then he said that with the unification of the states there would be no duties and also taxes would be lower.

"You know, I want to make the President (Trump. - Ed.) a counterproposal: let's buy Alaska? And at the same time we'll annex Minnesota and Minneapolis. It's just impossible," Ford said.

He noted that the American leader-elect likes to make such comments and jokes, but the Ontario premier "takes it seriously." Ford added that under his watch, Canada's accession to the U.S. will not happen.

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This is not Trump's first statement that Canada could become a new American state. He voiced the same during his meeting with Trudeau on December 3. Then he added that the accession could materialize if Ottawa fails to solve the problem of illegal migration and drug smuggling.

Later, on December 10, the president-elect of the United States said Canada and Mexico could become U.S. states. The CBC television channel reported on December 17 that Canada would spend $900 million to secure its border with the United States.

In addition, during his Christmas address on December 25, Trump promised to halve taxes for Canadian citizens if Canada becomes the 51st state of the United States. In addition, in this speech, the president-elect wished Trudeau a Merry Christmas, calling him not the prime minister, but the governor of Canada.