Trump offers Canada free ‘Golden Dome’ protection to become 51st US state

US President Donald Trump said Canada could join the Golden Dome missile defense system for free—with a catch, Report informs via Time Magazine.

“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 posted on Truth Social. “They are considering the offer!”

Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire for Canada to become a US state—a position that’s deeply unpopular among Canadians. In an Oval Office meeting on May 6, Carney, whose election in late April was seen as a rebuke to Trump, insisted to the US President that his northern neighbor is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale, ever.” Trump responded that “time will tell” and “never say never.”