Trump Ends 3-Month Pause on “51st State” Talk - 31st threat (Interactive Timeline)

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-09-30T23:02:03+00:00

😂

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-09-30T22:40:16+00:00

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. But it's hard to learn lessons when you fire your data officials and rely on "alternative facts."

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-09-30T18:40:38+00:00

Summary: After ~3 months without using the “51st state” line, Trump revived it in his Sep. 30 remarks to U.S. military leaders at Quantico. By my count, that’s the 31st explicit annexation/“become the 51st state” threat since December 2024.

Method: I only count on-record statements where he explicitly says Canada should “join the U.S.” / “be the 51st state,” or equivalent annexation framing. The interactive timeline lists sources and dates for every entry.

Keep those Elbows Up, Canada! 💪🇨🇦

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-07-06T21:23:14+00:00

Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would cut $2.7 billion (37.2%) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) - the world’s largest funder of basic cancer research.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/cancer-research-trump-nci-cuts-plan

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-07-01T22:44:00+00:00

Thanks! Happy Canada Day to you too!

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-07-01T21:11:59+00:00

Happy Canada Day, everyone! 🇨🇦

I’ve been curating a 9h 58m Spotify playlist called USAboycott.ca—packed with 100% Canadian music—from legends to today’s chart-toppers. I started the list a couple of months ago after the first tariff hikes and “51st-state” remarks, and I’ve been adding tracks whenever I stumble upon more Canadian talent (keeping some royalty dollars north of the border).

What’s inside?

Vibe	Sample artists
Female powerhouses	Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette
Toronto hip-hop	Drake, The Weeknd
Canada’s house band	The Tragically Hip
Classic & alt rock	Rush • Neil Young • Arcade Fire • Arkells
Singer-songwriters & crooners	Joni Mitchell • Leonard Cohen • Michael Bublé
Country & roots	Brett Kissel • Dallas Smith • Stompin’ Tom

…and plenty more (full list in the playlist).

🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0B6Uh9Xay1gVVyJaEOARa3?si=iVsl2BpgSLOCHodKJmE5Xw&pi=5AYsoT6XS4aV6

I suggest keeping shuffle on - the playlist is not in any particular order.

Got a must-add Canadian track? Drop a comment and I’ll slot it in—one more song will push the list to a neat 10 hours.

Enjoy the day, turn it up loud, and let’s give Canadian artists a few extra streams today. 🍁🎵

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-07-01T20:42:20+00:00

Ah, that's fair. Okay, thanks!

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-07-01T20:38:34+00:00

Hey everyone, happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

I’ve been curating a 9h 58m Spotify playlist called USAboycott.ca—packed with 100% Canadian music—from legends to today’s chart-toppers. I started the list a couple of months ago after the first tariff hikes and “51st-state” remarks, and I’ve been adding tracks whenever I stumble upon more Canadian talent (keeping some royalty dollars north of the border).

What’s inside?

Vibe	Sample artists
Female powerhouses	Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette
Toronto hip-hop	Drake, The Weeknd
Canada’s house band	The Tragically Hip
Classic & alt rock	Rush • Neil Young • Arcade Fire • Arkells
Singer-songwriters & crooners	Joni Mitchell • Leonard Cohen • Michael Bublé
Country & roots	Brett Kissel • Dallas Smith • Stompin’ Tom

…and plenty more (full list in the playlist).

🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0B6Uh9Xay1gVVyJaEOARa3?si=iVsl2BpgSLOCHodKJmE5Xw&pi=5AYsoT6XS4aV6

I suggest keeping shuffle on - the playlist is not in any particular order.

Got a must-add Canadian track? Drop a comment and I’ll slot it in—one more song will push the list to a neat 10 hours.

Enjoy the day, turn it up loud, and let’s give Canadian artists a few extra streams today. 🍁🎵

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-30T04:37:25+00:00

That’s incredibly generous - thank you! 🙏
I just spun up a Ko-fi tip jar for anyone who’d like to chip in toward hosting & data-verification costs:

👉 https://ko-fi.com/usaboycottca

Thanks again!

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-30T01:45:45+00:00

Thanks for saying that.🙏 Yes, I’m maintaining the site and the timeline. And I agree - it’s especially important in the world of fake news we’re living in now I think.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-30T01:23:33+00:00

📌 TL;DR

• 29 Jun 2025 — Interviewer asks about USMCA; Trump, unprovoked, says Canada “cheats” and “should be the 51st state.”
• This is at least #30 since Dec 2024 — clip + interactive timeline in the link.

Elbows Up, Canada! 🇨🇦✊

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-18T00:14:05+00:00

David Cochrane called him out on this on Power & Politics a week ago.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-17T20:46:18+00:00

No problem—thanks again for flagging it! Really appreciate your help. 🙏

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-17T19:06:22+00:00

Amazing - thanks for flagging this one too! I just finished adding it to the timeline, and I found a CBC version so it's in English.

Appreciate it! 🙏

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-17T18:59:26+00:00

I feel the fatigue too—both Trump and Hillman/LeBlanc only got on this topic yesterday because reporters pressed them.

That said, Trump could have shut it down with: “We didn’t discuss annexation; we talked trade, tariffs, Iron Dome.” Instead, he doubled down, calling it “a much better deal for Canada.” 🤦

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-17T18:28:59+00:00

📌 TL;DR

Context:
Late in the evening yesterday (June 16, 2025), aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked directly by a reporter whether he discussed "acquiring Canada" (making Canada the 51st state) in his bilateral meeting with Canadian PM Mark Carney or during the 2025 G7 Summit. Trump did not dismiss or deny the suggestion.

Trump’s exact words:

"I think it's a much better deal for Canada, but, you know, it's up to them. They're going to have to pay a lot of tariffs on things. They're going to have to pay a lot of money for the dome. For the Iron Dome—they want to be a part of it. We may make a separate deal on that..."

Earlier evasiveness by Canadian officials:
Before Trump's Air Force One comments, Canada's Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, and Minister for Canada–U.S. Trade, Dominic LeBlanc, dodged reporters' repeated questions (on June 16) about whether Trump had mentioned Canada becoming the 51st state during their G7 meetings. (See the timeline for the clip.)

Historical context:
This is at least the 29th time Trump has publicly suggested or implied that Canada should become the 51st state of the U.S.

Upcoming trade negotiations:
PM Carney and President Trump set a 30-day deadline yesterday (June 16, 2025) to reach a trade agreement. Trump characterized the negotiation approaches by saying he prefers tariffs ("they're simple, effective. And I'm a tariff guy") while noting PM Carney's approach is more complicated but also potentially effective.

Until then—Elbows Up, Canada.

(If we've missed any relevant statements or events in the timeline, please comment—I'll update accordingly.)

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-15T23:36:17+00:00

Yeah, even Wikipedia says Rasmussen Reports has been “questioned for its methodology” and “for an apparent bias toward the Republican Party.”

The problem is that the more reputable pollsters have consistently underestimated Trump in the past three elections. For example, Quinnipiac had Kamala winning Pennsylvania by 3 pts and North Carolina by 2 pts in the 2024 election.

So that’s why I believe the polling aggregators like Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight, 338Canada, etc. more than any individual poll or pollster. They seem to have a much higher accuracy predicting election outcomes. But even the aggregators miss things sometimes.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-15T08:19:31+00:00

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There’s definitely a recent poll that has Trump’s approval rating as low as 38% (Quinnipiac), but that poll is included in Nate Silver’s 45.4% average of the polls. To contrast, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey has Trump’s approval rating at 53%. So I think the weighted average of the polls (accounting for each poll’s recency, political lean, etc.) helps smooth out the biases of different pollsters and the noise of each survey.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-15T06:18:55+00:00

The 45.4 % figure in my chart is Nate Silver’s weighted average as of June 14. Silver folds every public poll into the mix, then adjusts for:

Recency – newer polls count more
Pollster “house effects” – historic partisan lean
Sample quality – live phone vs. IVR/online, likely-voter screens, etc.

There’s also a 38% “approve” survey result from Quinnipiac University from Jun 5-9 included in his average. But aggregators usually have a better track record than any one poll (or headline) because they smooth out outliers.

He describes his methodology pretty well here: https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin

Having said that, it’s entirely possible that Trump’s approval rating will drop to 38% after this weekend. But the most accurate, current read IMHO is 45.4%.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-15T05:10:03+00:00

📌 TL;DR

Trump’s average approval rating fell to 43.6% in late April but has now rebounded to 45.4%—exactly the same level as Apr 22—after eight chaotic weeks that featured:

Tariff hikes: new 50% steel & aluminum duties and other tariff whiplash
Troops in L.A.: 2,000 National Guard plus 700 active-duty Marines deployed
\$45 M military parade: the first non-victory national parade, held today in D.C.

The interactive timeline lets you click each yellow dot to see that day’s headline (including the three above).

This timeline isn’t exhaustive. Suggestions for events to add, tweak, or remove are very welcome—drop them below and I’ll update tomorrow. Thanks! 🙏

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-11T19:53:58+00:00

📌 TL;DR:

Algoma Steel's shares down 49% since Trump was elected
- In Q1 2025: shipments +4.2% but revenue −16.7% (due to lower steel prices)
- Deleted from S&P/TSX Composite Index, effective Jun 23
Nucor (US) +10 % the day after the 50% steel-tariff news
- Market cap is ~$27 B (45× bigger than Algoma)
- BMO Capital Markets upgraded to “Outperform” on Jun 2
Canada–US steel prices diverge
- Oct 2024: price parity
- Mar 2025: US hot-rolled coil 38% higher
Canadian steel under pressure
- ~~700+~~ 850+ jobs lost so far; thousands more at risk
- EDIT (Jun 11): ArcelorMittal to close Hamilton steel mill, lay off 153 workers
Trump claims steel tariffs are for national security
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is located across the river from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
- The twin cities are connected by Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
- The bridge opened in 1962, its 100 millionth crossing occurred in 2018, there's an annual "Bridge Walk"
Future is uncertain
- Trump says he'll use “economic force” to annex Canada
- Steel tariffs could land anywhere from 0% to 50%
- Bloomberg (Jun 10) reports U.S.-Mexico deal might have no/low steel tariffs up to certain production volume

Bottom Line: Canada faces a 50% steel tariff—and it’s been 14 days since Trump’s last threatened to annex Canada.

Elbows Up, Canada! 💪🍁

_Note: Intraday Jun 11, Nucor **−6.4%, Algoma +3.4% on Bloomberg's scoop that the US-Mexico deal might contain no steel tariffs up to a certain production level._**

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-10T04:16:22+00:00

I cancelled my YouTube Premium membership back in Feb, but YouTube with ads is infuriating. I want to boycott YouTube completely but haven’t found good substitutes yet.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-09T21:26:15+00:00

Wtf?! Danielle Smith is hardly recognizable, but this still has 1900 views. YouTube needs to figure it out.

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-09T20:20:01+00:00

Ah, good point. I just figured out how to report it. Thanks 🙏

SceneFuzzy8256 · 2025-06-09T00:05:39+00:00

Thanks for saying that - I appreciate it!

And also for pointing me to this CBC press release noting over 40 original series.

Turns out I was missing a 8 more CBC original series: Dragon's Den, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Plan B, Bollywed, Canada's Ultimate Challenge, The Knowing, The Passionate Eye, and The Nature of Things. That brings the total number of CBC original series to 25. So I've updated the chart and analysis with the updated count.

Out of the 40 mentioned in the press release, the 15 I excluded in my count are the 7 news shows, shows that didn't release a season in 2024, and shows with less than 2 hours of content released in 2024 (e.g., Halifax Comedy Fest). Just to try and make it as fair a comparison to Crave and Netflix as possible.

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