U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians would have “much better” health coverage if Canada became the 51st state.

He made the remarks during a briefing in North Carolina, where he toured areas struck by Hurricane Helene on Friday.

“I would love to see Canada be the 51st state,” he said. “The Canadian citizens, if that happened, would get a very big tax cut – a tremendous tax cut – because they are very highly taxed.”

“They’d have much better health coverage. I think the people of Canada would like it,” said the president.

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    I spent thirty years in the States and seven years now in Canada. I can say with absolutely certainty that the US system is fucked. I’ve never paid a dime in Canada.

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      I got major surgery in Canada. I took out my wallet to show them photoID. Then I put it away.

      My entire, full bill for surgery? I paid for parking.